Black History Month Still Relevant?

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It\'s not necessary, but get rid of it and watch the shit storm.

Black history should be (is) integrated into American history, but if we want to take a time to focus on parts of it during February as opposed to never, what\'s the harm?

The irony is that we\'ve separated it by name to seem different than, what, white history?

But that\'s a pretty superficial criticism compared to the benefits.

-Dan

Instead of these race-related months, they should have:

Ancient History Month
European History Month
Early National Period History Month
Civil War History Month
Rise of Big Business History Month
Social History Month
Military History Month

etc.

Originally posted by Coredweller
Instead of these race-related months, they should have:

Ancient History Month
European History Month
Early National Period History Month
Civil War History Month
Rise of Big Business History Month
Social History Month
Military History Month

etc.

Exactly, follow the History Channel\'s programming guide!

I agree that I don\'t think Black History Month is relevant now.  Black history is American history and it should be treated as such.  Hell, make a Booker T. Washington Day so I can get another day off of work.

[Titan]

It isn\'t relevant but I don\'t see the harm in having it. It does bring some interesting history programs with it.

[clips]

ya damn skippy it\'s relevant...sheeit,..you white folk put somethin\' on that ass back in tha day!...samurai,..nicon...qdog represent boi!.......j/k....seriously tho. i feel it is justified to some degree. i mean yea i agree that it\'s a part of american history, but we as a nation still has a long way to go as far as equality. Some people tend to forget that african americans have contributed alot to this country.

don\'t get me wrong, i believe america has come a long way since the 60\'s, but there are still brutal senseless cases of racial violence and inequality that exist today. I think it still serves it\'s purpose to those white folk that are ignorant and to those young black youth that blindlessly take their freedom and rights for granted....

Let me remind you there is more black on black crime then there is white on black racial crimes. And until blacks can figure out that they segregate themselves from others this will always be an issue.

I only see its purpose as celebrating it as one month because you need to say we have a month just for saying it.

[videoholic]

Sure keep it.  It\'s not like we whiteys pay attention to it anyway.  

I like that the blacks have a separate month. We should be fair and give them other things like separate water fountains and bus seats. That would be true equality.

-Dan

[clips]

*sigh*...as usual..you white folks just don\'t get it....

[videoholic]

Originally posted by Eiksirf
I like that the blacks have a separate month. We should be fair and give them other things like separate water fountains and bus seats. That would be true equality.

-Dan

Good point.  Why doesn\'t someone do that?

[clips]

y\'know..as much as you white folk want to believe we\'re living in a "perfect utopia"...you need to pull that bulls**t from your eyelids...i would love for everybody in america to be considered an american without lookin at race. but sadly that is not the case,...i\'m not gonna go thru the song and dance of stories i\'ve told countless times already. Point is that if some white folk weren\'t racist from the jump,..there would be no need for affirimitive action or any type of race acknowledgement month...

the 60\'s actually wasn\'t that long ago,..and trust nobody\'s livin in the past but there are those in power today that still have that same mindset. that is why we still need these types of racial equality programs and acknowledgements...so don\'t blame us for african american month or things of that nature..you wanna blame somebody..start by lookin in the mirror...

Mind you not every white person is a racist, but you keep your month and you keep segregating yourself. I dunno I guess that all the white people that are living in poverty must be discrimated against and someone must be keeping them down too, right?

[Titan]

Originally posted by clips
y\'know..as much as you white folk want to believe we\'re living in a "perfect utopia"...you need to pull that bulls**t from your eyelids...i would love for everybody in america to be considered an american without lookin at race. but sadly that is not the case,...i\'m not gonna go thru the song and dance of stories i\'ve told countless times already. Point is that if some white folk weren\'t racist from the jump,..there would be no need for affirimitive action or any type of race acknowledgement month...

the 60\'s actually wasn\'t that long ago,..and trust nobody\'s livin in the past but there are those in power today that still have that same mindset. that is why we still need these types of racial equality programs and acknowledgements...so don\'t blame us for african american month or things of that nature..you wanna blame somebody..start by lookin in the mirror...

So....we just need that generation of people to just die then

I agree with you 100% man. I do have experience with that. My grandfather is a racist and always makes fun of gays and other ethnicities. I couldn\'t even tell him I was dating a Jewish girl. Its hard sometimes when someone goes off about races so ignorantly because I know people from almost every race, ethnic background, sexual preference. It\'s just so offensive to hear someoen from that era spew crap so ignorantly and they never talked to anyone of another race or saw what they were like. Its like they are afraid of them for nothing.

[videoholic]

I hugged a black woman today.



just doing my part.