From the book, ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ by James Baldwin, we read the poem “History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our history”.
The message is so powerful it provokes one to reflect on what it truly means. Our personal history defines us, how we think, how we relate with others. It affects and defines our perceptions and prejudices and how we carry ourselves and often never outgrow our upbringing. As a nation, we too are defined and affected by our history.