For Black History Month

[reverendjeremiah]

And I dont like people getting too close to it. there is a reason why that hostory month was created. And yes, as far as I am concerned there should also be "white history month" as well.

Why should it be a specific month for different coloured people? It should be called HUMAN history and it should be done YEAR ROUND. Not one month for the white guy, one month for the yellow guy, one month for the brown guy.

Really? Where did I say that ONLY in that month should ONLY the history of blacks be studyied, and for the rest of the year no black people will be studied?

no where...because I didnt say it.

I suggested that the months are about FOCUSING on certian subjects, which is EXACTLY what black history month currently does. They dont ignore blacks for the rest of the year.

So what is wrong with having focus months? Do you know how much schools tried to ignore blacks in history here in America?

Here is a little list on this page of some of the history months:
http://www.mmb.state.mn.us/history-month

There are SO MANY history months out there... but nobody really complains about them. Nope... the most commonly complained about history month out there is BLACK history month.


Gee... I wonder why it is complained about all the time? Why would a person like Tiberius complain about black history month, yet thumb up the idea of Greek history month:

The following is a list of notable observed commemorative months, that is, months that are used by various governments, groups and organizations to raise awareness of an issue, commemorate a group or event, or celebrate something.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_com...ive_months

February is:

Black History Month (USA)
National Eating Disorders Screening Program
National Wise Mental Health Consumer Month
National American Heart Month
National Women's Heart Health Day
National Have-A-Heart Day: Feb. 14
American Heart Association (Texas)
Low Vision Awareness Month: Prevent Blindness America (Illinois)
National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week (Wisconsin)
National Burn Awareness Week (Ohio)
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month

Funny that nobody complains about ANY of the others on the list. They ONLY complain about black history month.

Januray:

National Mentoring Month
Thryroid Disease Awareness Month
National Birth Defects Prevention Month (New York)
National Glaucoma Awareness Month (Illinois)
National Stalking Awareness Month [1]
Geek Appreciation Month [2]

Well look at that. January is Greek history month. Why dont people get offended by that? Nope, most people couldnt even bother to do a simple google search before they started shooting their mouths off on this thread.

You wish there was a greek history month? Here, let me google that for you since some people on this forum apparently dont know how to do it:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Greek+History+Month

And of course, you usually have the "why cant there be a white history month" idiots out there. Well, it depends on what you mean by "white"? Here, let me google that for you also:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=White+history+month

HOLY SHIT!!! White people have TONS of history months! March is Irish American month. April is Scottish american month. June is white history month. July is French American month. September is German month. October is Italian month. ..so, depending on what you considered "white", you have to admit you have at least ONE history month in June. Do you consider Germans white? Now white people have 2 months: June and September. In total I count 6 months that can be figured as "white" history months. If the white people actually DID care about a history month for whites, then why are they unaware of this fact?

I will tell you why: because they DONT give a shit about a certain month for whites. What they do care about is that BLACKS get marginalized again.