Ilyasah Shabazz —award winning author, speaker, educator, and activist, and the third daughter of Malcom X and Dr. Betty Shabazz— speaks on her educational experience, the necessity for honesty and accuracy in history curriculum, and how learning about diverse cultures and histories helps young people find their purpose and love themselves, in an interview with DON’s Director of Special Projects, Victoria Gorum.

“The omission of Black, Indegionous, Brown, Asian, and Latinx history is not accidental. These exclusions distance people from their own heritage, their own lineage, and, ultimately, their own sense of self. A whitewashed curriculum enforces the myth that there have never been scholars, thinkers, innovators, caregivers, iconoclasts, artists, and revolutionaries across these identities.” — Ilyasah Shabazz

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ilyasahshabazz.com