From Baltimore-
The idea of serving an “authentic slave meal” at an event Saturday to
celebrate the life and accomplishments of Booker T. Washington has
angered some people.
St. John’s Episcopal Church in Havre
de Grace is hosting the event to honor Washington, an educator, author,
orator and presidential adviser to “Learn, Appreciate and Celebrate
Black History,” according to a flyer.
In addition to a dramatic reading of “The Man – The Story” and a
performance by Expressions of Faith Baltimore Gospel Choir, organizers
will serve an “authentic slave meal.”
Alex Ibewuike, a 2008 Havre
de Grace High School graduate who works as a consultant for the health
care industry in Washington, D.C., said the point of the event is to
celebrate black culture, black people, Black History Month and Booker T.
Washington.
“There
is nothing to really celebrate about a slave meal because that was
something that people in that circumstance didn’t have a choice of what
they had to eat,” Ibewuike said. “They were given slop and leftover
intestines of animals, things people didn’t want to eat.”
More here-
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/harford/aegis/ph-ag-slave-meal-0222-story.html
Opinion – 21 December 2024
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