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Maybe We Do Need a White History Month After All
Level ^ | February 1, 2023 | William Spivey

Posted on 02/02/2023 3:00:31 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia

Every February, when Black History Month comes around, like clockwork, a small percentage of people (you know which ones) take umbrage that Black people get a month to celebrate their history, and there is no White History Month to counterbalance it. I used to argue that white history is taught year-round and thus there is no need to dedicate a month to focus on it. But recently, my views have shifted.

I've come to a realization: Perhaps we do need a white history month—if not two or three. Truth is, a lot of white history has been left out of the books, and Americans of every color need to be aware. Stay with me, here.

Much of the white history we've been taught via public education is sugar-coated or omitted altogether. Let's start at this country's nascent days. George Washington, America's first president, was rumored to have had wooden teeth. That is merely a myth. The truth is, some of the false teeth that comprised his dentures were taken from enslaved people—likely his own. Washington operated like every other enslaver of the time, authorizing beatings to maintain order and tearing apart families long before Donald Trump did the same.

Washington's will stipulated if he died before his wife, Martha, the enslaved people he owned (as opposed to those she held) be freed after her death. Martha ended up freeing his slaves once she realized they had a great incentive to speed up her demise. She released them not from the goodness of her heart but due to fear for her life.

We know Thomas Jefferson owned slaves, most famously Sally Hemings, with whom he had a decades-long relationship as she bore his children.

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I suppose I should have added a serious barf alert.
1 posted on 02/02/2023 3:00:31 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I nominate the month of July - the longest month - as opposed to February - the shortest month.


2 posted on 02/02/2023 3:03:20 PM PST by glorgau
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

My take is this; it would be an insult to have White history month. Whites built our modern civilization and invented almost everything everyone uses in this world. One month wouldn’t even scratch the surface for what White’s have contributed to the world and the betterment of mankind.


3 posted on 02/02/2023 3:08:07 PM PST by An American in Turkiye
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

When I visited Mt. Vernon some of the slaves were buried on the property and the tombstones read something like “it was a privilege to serve the Washington family”. Still slaves for sure but I doubt any of them were forced to have their teeth pulled.


4 posted on 02/02/2023 3:10:42 PM PST by blue state conservative
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To: All

White males share Black History Month along with them as it coincides with White History Month of Shame and Sinning. Fasting, self flagellation and meditation are in order for those affected or associated with this group.


5 posted on 02/02/2023 3:11:20 PM PST by BipolarBob (The rumor has not been confirmed until the FBI officially denies it.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Yes, it certainly needs a barf alert.


6 posted on 02/02/2023 3:12:55 PM PST by marktwain
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Maybe we need a permanent ban on all non-western immigrants to preserve our western culture but I am not holding my breath.


7 posted on 02/02/2023 3:14:23 PM PST by Clemenza
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To: BipolarBob

I celebrate black history month by drinking 40 oz of Olde English 800, smoking Newport Box, and wearing a Fila velour track suit with a gold herringbone chain.
Kangol hat and Timberland boots...


8 posted on 02/02/2023 3:17:53 PM PST by EEGator
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

And now for more black history you’re not supposed to mention. Besides the slave nations below, read a little about Shaka Zulu too (
https://buzzsouthafrica.com/shaka-zulu/)

10 African nations involved in the slave trade

1. Dahomey
2. Morocco
3. Ottoman Algeria
4. Egypt
5. Kanem Bornu
6. Kingdom of Allada
7. Aro Confederacy
8. Ashanti Empire
9. Songhai Empire
10. Mali Empire

Details at the link

https://thinkafrica.net/african-nations-involved-in-the-slave-trade/


9 posted on 02/02/2023 3:21:31 PM PST by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: EEGator

To each their own. I listen to rap music (on high blast to irritate the white neighbors), smoke weed and enjoy purple drank.


10 posted on 02/02/2023 3:22:21 PM PST by BipolarBob (The rumor has not been confirmed until the FBI officially denies it.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Washington operated like every other enslaver of the time, authorizing beatings to maintain order and tearing apart families long before Donald Trump did the same

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. wth is the pos that wrote this scat ?

Pure character assassination.

Tripe.

How the he’ll would he know this ?

He couldnt, he just shat it whole.


11 posted on 02/02/2023 3:23:19 PM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Are White Men Gods? (II): Getting the Facts Straight
https://web.archive.org/web/20170209104939/http://fredoneverything.org/are-white-men-gods-ii-getting-the-facts-straight/

We built the modern world. We should demand whiny POC griping about white supremacy and such quit appropriating our culture and give up all those wonderful inventions.


12 posted on 02/02/2023 3:24:34 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: BipolarBob

That’s keepin’ it real Son! Nomsayin’?!?


13 posted on 02/02/2023 3:24:59 PM PST by EEGator
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Gosh, whites sure sound like awful people! Maybe we should separate so POC, in their vast superiority, won’t have to lower themselves to put up with us anymore.


14 posted on 02/02/2023 3:26:59 PM PST by Nea Wood (Screw diversity. Celebrate excellence. )
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To: Nea Wood

Seconded.


15 posted on 02/02/2023 3:27:40 PM PST by EEGator
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I would like a Jewish History Month and a Scottish History Month, I am both.


16 posted on 02/02/2023 3:31:42 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

If honkies added anything of value to this country, maybe they would get a month. /sarc


17 posted on 02/02/2023 3:32:46 PM PST by Old Yeller
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Oh, it’s February?
Not this s**t, again!
According to WORLD history, at the time of the founding of this country, there were more Whites enslaved in Africa than Africans enslaved in the US.
How were they treated?


18 posted on 02/02/2023 3:36:43 PM PST by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I say yes to White History Month but the prerequisite is that you must prove beyond a doubt that you really are 100% white in order to take it. Whites only! (I can see the heads spinning now.) Every major discovery ever made was made by “whiteys”. Three days of totally black governance and nothing will work right except garbage collection services.


19 posted on 02/02/2023 3:42:44 PM PST by scottiemom (As a retired Texas public school teacher, I highly recommend private school. Written in 2015.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
March should be Irish History Month... 31 days of continuous drinking with the 17th being reserved for Irish drinkers only, with all amateurs banned from drinking establishments on that day.

Amateurs are always ruining the 17th with their puking and unruly behaviour.


20 posted on 02/02/2023 3:49:48 PM PST by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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