The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
"When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."
- Lin Yutang
@WiseSages
"When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."
- Lin Yutang
@WiseSages