THE DESERTER FROM RACISM: THE HIDDEN STORY OF DAVID FAGEN OF TAMPA, FLORIDA HERO OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE

BY

NORMAN J CLEMENT RPh., DDS

DAVID FAGEN

I stumbled upon this story while researching the United States Opium drug “Open Door Policy” toward China which occurs after the conquest of the Philippines during the Spanish American War. The “Open Door Policy eventually precipitated the Boxer Rebellion.

The hidden story of David Fagen of Tampa Flordia a black American soldier who became a hero of the Filipino People as he defected from Racial Injustice:

https://www.wuwf.org/…/the-story-of-david-fagen…

DescriptionDavid Fagen was an African-American soldier who defected during the Philippine–American War. He acquired the rank of captain in the Philippine Revolutionary Army. Wikipedia

Born: 1875, Tampa, FL…

DAVID FAGEN OF TAMPA FLORIDA

I live in Tampa and I consulted many friends, scholars who were born and have family in Tampa; yet not one person had ever heard or came across the story of David Fagen. These facts point to miseducation and its importance of sustaining ignorance.

THE IMPORTANCE OF MISEDUCATION AS A TOOL OF SUSTAINING IGNORANCE OF ONE’S SELF

The miseducation of a targeted population plays an essential component in maintaining dominance. Moreover, despite the fact, “we have overcome” the draconian-colonialism legacy of “Jim Crow” and Apartheid in both the United States and South Africa, we continue to observe the residuals effects of these practices on children struggling academically.

Let’s say one wanted to keep control of any particular population by keeping them in a state of sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. This is a very easy thing to do, particularly amongst urban planners. We see this in the layout of many towns in the US South and North (such as Detroit) and especially when visiting South Africa Soweto. 

The common urban designs of demarcations utilized to subjugate a targetted population are the use of industrial barriers such as railroad tracks, large highways, and large industrial towers. Further, reducing/limit exit and entrance points, limiting education and health, maintaining poorly furnished schools, and strategically flooding these communities with nonmedical narcotic derivatives, while prohibiting treatment for addictions, undermines the community. 

When one is miseducated they will accept teachings without question, rather than one who has been consciously educated.  Most understandingly because they are miseducated they tend to be gullible against their own best interest. 

The major difference between miseducation and being consciously educated is the consciously educated will question and challenges everything.

FOR NOW, YOU ARE WITHIN

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THE NORMS

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