Artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo discusses the significance of the “Blank Slate Monument,” an interactive sculpture paying tribute to African American history. The statue has traveled across the U.S. for the past two years before making its final stop in Galveston, Texas. NBC’s Aaron Gilchrist reports.
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It's always an odd thing when people debate "black American" and "African American" because they are both the same even if they are born in America, it doesn't mean they are no longer African because African blood runs through their veins does it not?
This is yet another effort to keep the people of the US divided so as to remain more easily controlled by the super wealthy.
It's the economical divide we need to focus on.
If only these poor opressed people had their own continent. Can you imagine how great they would make it?
America is a mix of race so there Natives but the rest have stories on how they ended up in america.
Should of took the millions an gave it to the community…any poor community, The are all colors and America is full of homeless families… the American dream eh 😂
Alright, this video just made my day. Thanks for spreadin' the joy! 😊
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vumsFOfi5EY&ab_channel=OnlyHuman
Why are they called black African Americans ? They are not Africans but Americans. Can't you call them black Americans only ?
If a statue were to be commissioned to show and castigate those who sold African slaves to America they would look exactly like those in this statue (less the chains), so in the midst of the current demands for compensation should they not firstly demand reparations from Africa?
Beautiful
The guy who made that statue clearly hasn't heard the phrase – sometimes less is more!
We all know who gets the last laugh in the last chapter 🤴🏾
Let me get this straight, who selected an African to create a statue about black American (descendants of USA chattel slavery) this is offensive on all levels. They couldn’t get a local black American to actually design that.