OPINION: The history of violence against Black people in the U.S. has taken an enormous emotional toll. What some might think of baggage “best left in the past” is actually historically justified fear, author Deanna Singh writes.
When I told my great-uncle Buck I was working on a new book about diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace, he was worried. He questioned whether I wanted to write about “how racism cuts people down.” It wasn’t like him to caution me about my work so I prodded him a little. He sighed and began to tell me a story about my family that I had never heard before.
It was an entrepreneurial impulse that ended up costing him his life. Uncle Buck refused to go into gory details, except to say that his grandfather was lynched by the white townspeople for selling to them. Buck had witnessed it all. When I tell this story, most people react with shock and disbelief. When I tell it to Black professionals, they will nod in recognition. Often, they have similar family stories of racial violence against an enterprising ancestor. Between 1882 and 1968, a Black person in the U.S. was attacked by a mob every nine days on average. Many of these violent crimes were recrimination against people like my great-great-grandfather, whose only crime was being too industrious for their own good.
“ Black people go to work in the historical shadow of ‘colored only’ signs, beatings, whippings and hangings. ” “ Diversity, equity, and inclusion leaders have important work to do: help organizations face the past.”
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