This Underground Railroad and Quilts controversy
has many levels, including, but not limited to:
1) the historical end, where historians try
to address everything on a factual basis, thinking
that what we say will be convincing;
2) the economic end, for people who want
to profiteer by publishing books, magazine
articles, patterns, and other mainstream media;
3) the cultural end, where it is a matter of
cultural pride to think that slaves cleverly
divined ways to outsmart their masters; and a
cultural tradition where storytelling
is an ancient and revered practice;
4) the politically correct end, that involves
pandering to false history in the name of not
being offensive to anyone, especially to a
minority group, a way of acting which, in fact,
perpetuates false information that, in the end,
serves no one;
5) and the educational end, that has to do with
promoting incorrect information for the sake
of "covering" Black History, in a seemingly
pleasant, painless, and palatable way.
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