@Tfmonkey You've said in the past that black Americans don't have anything to be proud of culturally except for a few people like George Washington Carver and need to have more achievements.
Why not incorporate mythical figures like John Henry as well? Cultural icons, whether real or not, can be a source of pride for a people of a nation or of an ethnicity.
I think herein lies the issue: to perpetuate the victim complex, one cannot exhibit pride.
@YoMomz @Tfmonkey People get most upset rather than reflective when reality contradicts a specific part of their identity: their ontology, because it destabilizes the core of what they consider to be true about the world. Identity is a broad term, and you will get a different response if you show that someone's ideas about something like a technology pertaining to their occupation is outdated than if you show that their worldview is based on a specific assumption that is false or is unpalatable.
