Children will not be ashamed of hibiscus cotton unless you tell them to be.
What did the cotton do, but Grow?
When I was 5 years old my Father came home with a cotton plant from South Carolina and told my siblings and I: “Know Your History”: That changed my life.
…the cotton is innocent. ®
If "black" people are ashamed of cotton, they must be ashamed of the cotton they are wearing, and if they are ashamed of the cotton they are wearing, they must be ashamed of who they were naturally for thousands of years in many parts of Africa.
Art Director/Creator: SLAVERY
Illustrator: David Bell @davidbellsart.
Did you know?
US Currency is made of 75% Cotton 25% Linen.
“Black“ Sheep Hibiscus
Cotton is in the Hibiscus Family..?
Cotton is the “Black” Sheep of the Hibiscus Family (because it has been stigmatized in America) however, cotton is a part of the Malvaceous family aka the “mallow family - genetically linked top the Gossypium.
Hibiscus Relatives:
Sorrel
Roselle
Cranberry
Money tree
& ‘Kissin’ cousins to Okra
Have you ever dyed cotton?
What did the Ancestors use to dye?
Indigo
Vegetables
Fruits
Roots
Berries
Tree Bark