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It's 2013, my senior year, and like all seniors I'm required to take World History in order to graduate. Now, I love history and I was really excited to be taking world history this year. I expected to learn about the history and culture of countries like Asia, Africa, and South America. There's just one problem, though. My "world history" class isn't about world history at all. First off, it starts around the time of the crusades. Which is bogus since so much more fascinating things happened hundreds of years before this time. And seconds, to make matters really bad, my world history class turned out to a Western Civilization class in disguise. I'm talking colonization, "white man's burden", and slavery type shit. The curriculum is practically void of any historic people of color. It's a miracle if we even skim over a sentence or two about one person of color. Even when covering topics about colonization in Africa it's all about the white man. So why would I, a young woman of color, want to hear all about the white man's struggles for an hour everyday and hear nothing about my own people? The answer to that is really simple. I DON'T!! That's why I made this blog. To chronicle my adventures through the internet and public library in search of the history I think is really worth learning about. Enjoy!