Sometimes you scroll online and see lists claiming that white people don’t have things like a white history month or white organizations, followed by the argument that this somehow proves who the “real” racist is. What always gets left out is the part that actually matters. Black institutions weren’t created for extra recognition, they were created because we were locked out of the spaces everyone else already had full access to. When you’re excluded, you build your own. Black history month exists because our history was erased from textbooks. Black colleges exist because Black students were denied entry into white institutions. Black organizations formed because major groups refused to admit us. None of this was about favoritism, it was about survival. And the hardest part is that much of the resentment people feel today comes from not understanding their own history. They look at what Black people built and assume it was handed to us, when the truth is the exact opposite. The anger you see online often comes from gaps in knowledge that were never filled. Instead of asking why something exists, they respond with hostility because they don’t know the reasons behind it. It’s easier to blame the symptoms than acknowledge the cause. It’s easier to say “Why don’t we have that?” than admit “We always had access, so we never needed it.” That misunderstanding fuels the reactions we see now. And yes, it’s frustrating to watch people speak with confidence about a history they were never taught. The problem isn’t that Black people have too much… it’s that far too many people don’t know why any of it had to be created in the first place. #LataraSpeaksTruth #HistoryMatters #ContextIsKey #LearnTheWhy #KnowTheRecord