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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Ivan Van Sertima on FTP-Part1A: The Dead Are Alive in Us

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"For the People": Part 1A of a 4 Part interview with anthropologist and historian, Dr. Ivan Van Sertima of Rutgers University. The interview was conducted in 1995 by the late Listervelt Middleton. Part1 is continued in Segment 1B. Part 2 (Segments A, B, & C) is also available on this channel.
Ivan Van Sertima on FTP-Part1A: THE DEAD ARE ALIVE IN US!...
We begin with this question to Dr. Ivan Van Sertima.
In 1984 at the Nile Valley conference you made a very important statement,one that have really stuck with me over the years.You talked about history,time,and consciousness. Would you share with us ,would you back over that with us again please?
(Dr.Ivan Van Sertima)
We are made by the past.' We are made by how we conceive of the past,how we think of the past. Many of us have been crippled by a certain false history of the past,we've been crippled because we think of ourselves as people who achieved nothing,who did nothing great in the world,who were merely slaves and second class citizens.

That conception of the past has destroyed so many of us,so that it because absolutely critical to make a people ,to transform and people' IT IS NECESSARY TO TRANSFORM THEIR CONCEPTION OF THE PAST AND MAKE THEM LOOK AGAIN AT THE PAST AND UNDERSTAND WHAT REALLY HAPPEN!...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DHxhSr7un0
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