Do we really need a black history month?
Yes
16.9%
24
No
47.2%
67
I don't care.
35.9%
51
142 votes
thedarkestandy said: theeggman85 said: On the other hand, I really think America could use a Cultural History Month, don't just leave it at blacks. This would be much more widespread and efficient, i agree with this. seconded. different minority histories should be treated as integrated in American history, not as seperate ones. |
| I would love a cultural history month. |
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DarkRequiem said: I don't know about that last part. I think that a cultural history month should revolve around ALL races. If you only integrate minorities into it, then that would also be unfair. By minorities i mean all races (although a minority doesn't necessarily have to be a race). Would be kinda strange to exlcude the majority. |
| I believe all people have the right to take pride in their heritage if they so wish to. And the oppisite goes too. We'll all be too mixed in a few years to give a crap about all this. It'll be human history month and that'll be that. |
thefountainhead said: I believe all people have the right to take pride in their heritage if they so wish to. And the oppisite goes too. We'll all be too mixed in a few years to give a crap about all this. It'll be human history month and that'll be that. It's definitely going to be a lot longer than a few years. We're extremely caught up in the anti-racism racism right now. But hopefully that day will come ASAP. |
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theeggman85 said: thefountainhead said: I believe all people have the right to take pride in their heritage if they so wish to. And the oppisite goes too. We'll all be too mixed in a few years to give a crap about all this. It'll be human history month and that'll be that. It's definitely going to be a lot longer than a few years. We're extremely caught up in the anti-racism racism right now. But hopefully that day will come ASAP. Well yeah I meant a few years as in... possible a 3, 4 generations? It's suprising how fast people will just mongrelise. Look at Brazil. |
theeggman85 said: NujaGurl said: Honestly I agree with you and theeggman85 As in antitype and theeggman85? Cause I disagree with antitype. I see where he's coming from, but his brutal way of getting his point across irritates me. I just think if we do have a black history month, then fine, I really don't care. It's just that the US is getting so paranoid about races that we have to delegate months (and now an HIV Awareness for blacks day, what happened to awareness for everyone -.-) to black people. Honestly, morgan freeman is right when he's talking about this. It's not paranoia. It's respect, and remembrance for a race that we've dehumanized. Racism will never disappear, people will always be proud or ashamed of their race, and at least Black History Month lets people be proud. |
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| Interesting quote I found: "You're going to relegate my history to a month?" Freeman asked in an interview broadcast on "60 Minutes" in December. "I don't want a black history month. Black history is American history." -Morgan Freeman |
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ColdBeans said: Interesting quote I found: "You're going to relegate my history to a month?" Freeman asked in an interview broadcast on "60 Minutes" in December. "I don't want a black history month. Black history is American history." -Morgan Freeman stop pulling quotes from wikipedia. |
ColdBeans said: Interesting quote I found: "You're going to relegate my history to a month?" Freeman asked in an interview broadcast on "60 Minutes" in December. "I don't want a black history month. Black history is American history." -Morgan Freeman you know we've been talking about this morgan freeman video for a while now... its been posted like 5 times, lol. |
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| There a various months dedicated to the history of certain groups, but you'll have to look them up. I know there is a women's history month and a hispanic history month for sure. Black history month is more well known because it's proponents have done well in their awareness campaign. Just about everyday of the year is dedicated to something or other, many are double and triple booked. I think it's funny that people raise a ruckus about something that doesn't affect their lives because they view it as something they don't have. A white history month? You may want to look up the reason for black history month and other similar designated calendar entries. The reason is because the history taught in school is from the white perspective, that tends to romanticize some events and downplay others. These "history" months are intended to get people interested in discovering the history of their people in the U.S.. Small things like these helped to break the status quo and force a rewrite of a lot of curriclum that was being taught. I don't know how it is now, but when I was in school, the history books basically told us that when the pilgrims landed there were only trees and the occasional indian, and that whites from England created America from the sweat of their brow, brushing aside savages to follow their "Manifest Destiny"! Oh yeah, and along the way they allowed blacks to live free, beat back the evil beaner, and taught indians how to farm and speak english on reservations, because they may hurt themselves riding on horses and playing with spears and arrows. The history books before my generation were even worse. Racism has not been defeated, and equality has not yet been achieved. If it had been, then black history month would be looked upon as an accomplishment that helped propel us towards that goal, not looked down on as something 'those people' get and we don't. Is black history month necessary now? Probably not as much, but what is the harm in having something that inspires interest in education? Should black history month be rescinded? No, it is good to have reminders about our struggles to get our society where we are. It is, after all, part of our history. |
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