The destruction of poc history

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Test Your Knowledge on POC History

Engage with our quiz that delves into the pivotal moments and figures in the history of people of color. Challenging and educational, this quiz aims to enhance your understanding while encouraging critical thinking about historical narratives.

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Who was Harriet Tubman?

She was an escaped enslaved woman who became a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, leading enslaved people to freedom before the Civil War.

She is most known for being a co-founder of the Black Panther Party where she operated the organization as the de facto leader.

She was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.

Harriet Tubman is one of the earliest of a transgender person in American history, although whether she was a gay crossdresser or a transsexual woman is not known.

What do you understand under the term "Korean Comfort Women" ?

This term descripes a job service in which one could rent a girlfriend for a set day.

This term descripes korean women that were forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army.

This term descripes sex trafficked girls that were brought into South Korea under the idea of becoming a singer or idol.

What was the U.S Buffalo Slaughter?

Buffalos were an important resource for a lot of indigenous tribes. In order to kill of a lot of indigenous people the U.S Army was asked to shoot up buffaloes until they would become too scarce to sustain the indigenous people. A famous quote from that time is “Every buffalo dead is an Indian gone,”

During the U.S Buffalo Slaughter hunters were killing thousands of buffaloes simply for the fun of hunting. The buffalo was considered a "dirty" animal as they resembled the indigenous community. A famous quote from that time is "Every buffalo dead should be an Indains head."

When the American first discovered buffaloes they underestimated their strenght and capactiy to kill. So during hunting season a lot of Americans were "slaughtered" by the buffaloes. To redeem themselves the American would go hunting in large groups to kill as many buffaloes as possible. A famous qoute from that time is "Every buffalo dead is a step towards free America."

What do you understand under the term "Black Rosies" or "Rosies"?

During WWII a lot of black women could integrate themselves into the economy by working in factories that were producing warfare materials.

During and following the Korean War the United States military used regulated prostitution services in South Korean military camptowns. These camptown clubs were racially segregated so no mixed raced baby between a black man and a korean woman was born. If this regulation was broken the woman had to abort the fetus or it had to be taken in by the soldiers family.

The Black Rosies, original name Black Rosies for Self-Defense, African American revolutionary party, founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. The party’s original purpose was to patrol African American neighbourhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality. The Black Rosies eventually developed into a Marxist revolutionary group

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