There are people who insist that it is their right to laugh at the video and call it funny. It is their way of fighting political correctness. Those people are not my immediate concern.
There is a problem that we can do something about. Nothing goes away on the Internet. That damn title of the video is the most recent search engince citation containing Harriet Tubman's name.
When it comes time school children to do a search guess which item is going to come to the surface? There are currently about 290,000 Google listings for Russell Simmons, Tubman and Sex.
Do you want to be the teacher or parent that has to explain this?
Those poor kids are going to be bamboozled about Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Killer. What do you think this will do to them? Grown folks, we gotta clean it up.
Lift Her Up!
Here is your assignment. If you have a post about Ms. Tubman that is appropriate then post it on your blog and tell two friends.
If you have a book recommendation or want to do a book review of something that you have read to your kids post it up and tell two friends.
If you know of a video NOT created or paid for by Russell Simmons that can help people understand the real deal lets share that link that up as well.
We need to push the title of the video way, way down in the search results. This is also a good time to inform the young ones that we have a history that cannot be bought with silver and gold.
You can be angry or you can do something about it.
I'll add citations and other info in this post but I can't do this by myself. As many tweets that went out about the video is that's how many good resources we'll need to flush it out.
For People that Cut History Class and Have to Get up to Speed
Harriet Tubman Humanitarian, Leader, Hero Mini Documentary
TeacherTube video on Harriet Tubman as Older Woman
Intro Video on Harriet Tubman Byway in Maryland
One hour video from the Brooklyn Museum's Elizabeth Sackler Center on Feminist Art - Author Beverly Lowry discusses her book Harriet Tubman: Imagining a Life
U.S., State and Local Government Sites
America's Story from America's Library - Harriet Tubman
National Park Service Underground Railroad Monument Page
Maryland's Harriet Tubman's Underground Railroad Byway
For Parents and School Research
Good Reads Book List on Harriet Tubman
IMDB Page on the movie A Woman Called Moses performed by Cicily Tyson
Library of Congress Harriet Tubman Online Resources
Scholastic Harriet Tubman Web Hunt
University of North Carolina at Chapple Hill - Black Abolitionist Papers about Harriet Tubman
WorldCat Library Search of Books, Audio, Articles and other media
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