What about the lion?

There is an African proverb that says "Until the lion has a storyteller, the tale of the hunt till always glorify the hunter" this statement is the lens through which I view all history as told by the Western storyteller. As I read American history books I always ask the question "what would the lion say?" Therefore I was never inclined to believe the story of Columbus as told by most American texts that we are provided in school. When it comes to stories on conquest the history books always seem to oversimplify the humanity of the minority and overemphasize the sanctimonious reasoning of the majority. It seems that somehow American history always finds a way to justify the terror that it imposes on others. So in light of the points made about history, historicity and understanding the importance of knowing what the writers have at stake when reading history, I came up with a poem to express my feelings about historical education  in the West. Though the rhyme scheme may be difficult to detect through simply reading, I think my sentiments will be most accurately expressed through prose.

Mental digression

Philosophical depression

resulting from the repression

of my individual thought progression

they call it education 

this indoctrination

through information 

is really systematic adaptation 

of someone else's attempt to glorify the west

who refuse to confess

to the effects of their duress

but it matters nonetheless

because you cannot rationalize genocide 

or use differing customs to justify ethnocide 

who are you to decide 

that human value is based on where you reside

hinting at lacking civilization 

or Christianization 

as somehow valid justification 

for extermination   

it begins to appear that the writers are delirious 

because the human in me finds it eerily insidious

to justify mass murder of natives by immigrants 

as if claiming you are heaven sent makes holocaust legitimate

there is no case no argument no claim

to justify mass murder not even in JESUS name

such lies are why I have a hard time trusting

those to which I'm suppose to be entrusting 

the responsibility of my education

when western supremacy is the writer's  motivation