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Is Black History Month getting diluted?
Associated Press ^ | 02/15/07 | ERIN TEXEIRA

Posted on 02/20/2007 12:34:26 PM PST by presidio9

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To: presidio9
I don't have a problem with this. Black history was neglected back in the days when schools actually taught American history.

The problem I have is that now we study a little black history one month of the year and ignore American history year round.

21 posted on 02/20/2007 12:49:23 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: Holicheese
I've always liked German History Month.


22 posted on 02/20/2007 12:49:26 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: presidio9
Black History month? Diluted? Nahhh.....

One question... When is it?

23 posted on 02/20/2007 12:51:19 PM PST by Hatteras
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To: brownsfan

24 posted on 02/20/2007 12:51:24 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: presidio9

Black history should include key events in the history of slavery and Jim Crow, such as the fact the the Democrats were the party of racism and slavery from America's beginnings right on through the post-1964 civil rights era (to say nothing of the present).

If anyone has that historical list of dates on this issue, I'd appreciate if you'd post it.

I think the Democratic Party owes a national apology to all American black people, and to the world, for its leading role in the persecution of the black race.

Oh well. Maybe next life.


25 posted on 02/20/2007 12:54:06 PM PST by Maceman (This is America. Why must we press "1" for English?)
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To: presidio9
Is Black History Month getting diluted?

Would that result in a Gray History Month?

26 posted on 02/20/2007 12:56:10 PM PST by Onelifetogive (I don't have to show you no stinkin' tagline!)
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To: presidio9
Why have they not changed it to African-American History Month?
27 posted on 02/20/2007 12:56:23 PM PST by Niteranger68 (Point your toilets towards Mecca!)
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To: presidio9

The 5 Minute University celebration of Black History Month

Slavery - bad
George Washington Carver
Peanut butter
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King

You have now completed your study requirements for Black History Month


28 posted on 02/20/2007 12:56:30 PM PST by TC Rider (The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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To: Patrick1
"Having it in the shortest month of the year is clearly racist."

That is why February is also a popular diet month...

29 posted on 02/20/2007 12:57:08 PM PST by Hatteras
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To: presidio9
How Clinton celebrates Black History month.


30 posted on 02/20/2007 12:57:13 PM PST by TypeZoNegative (".... We are a nation of Americans. We are DECENDED from legal immigrants"- johnandrhonda)
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To: presidio9
At Christopher's B&B in Bellevue, Ky., tourists can pay $137 per night for their National Underground Railroad Freedom Center package, which includes a stay in a "junior jacuzzi room" and two adult tickets to the nearby museum. The promotion is part of a push by Bedandbreakfast.com to steer visitors toward 14 historic homes that have connections to the secret network that once helped slaves escape to freedom, said Sandy Soule, editor of the Web site.

Be wary of any claims to "connections" to the underground railroad. My husband's extended family in Kentucky owned a very nice home (circa mid-1800s) right on the Ohio River. It had fallen into some disrepair and a few years ago a distance cousin from California bought it and fixed it up as a tourist spot. The older family members were quite surprised to learn that runaway slaves used to hide in the outbuildings and were smuggled north.

Makes me question a lot of what I'm told about historic sites.

31 posted on 02/20/2007 12:58:17 PM PST by workerbee (Ladies do not start fights, but they can finish them.)
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To: presidio9

From The Onion: "Nation To Celebrate First-Ever Black History Month History Week"

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/58206/print/


32 posted on 02/20/2007 12:59:34 PM PST by CutePuppy (If you don't ask the right questions you may not get the right answers)
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To: presidio9

Watering down is the American way. Christmas is a retail shopping orgy, Valentine's Day a card and jewelry sale and Halloween sells more candy than Easter.

Black History Month is when Budweiser and Coke market to African-Americans and PBS TV can rerun some shows on the Civil Rights era to highlight how hard the Democrats worked for that group (despite more Republicans in the Senate voting for the bill than Democrats).


33 posted on 02/20/2007 12:59:52 PM PST by RicocheT
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To: RacerF150

Yes, really? It's just a celebration of black Americans anyways. And actually, just black Americans in music, sports and political radicalism.

There are many fine black scientists in the world that thye could show students, like the late great Doctor Job Bwayo. If he wasn't murdered, his great mind could have led to neutralizing the most puzzling virii that has ever plauged mankind, HIV. But instead of demonstrating great black people from around the world in science and technology, they'd rather show African American rappers, athletes and political radicals.

This is clearly a BET created holiday.


34 posted on 02/20/2007 1:00:57 PM PST by TypeZoNegative (".... We are a nation of Americans. We are DECENDED from legal immigrants"- johnandrhonda)
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To: brownsfan
And a house divided is a house weakened. Whether there is an [African descent] history month, or a [European descent] one (along with one for other people groups (races)), it only serves fracture society. And yet issues also need to be addressed. France actually has a pretty decent policy: they do not take the ancestry or religious affiliation (including Muslim) of their citizens, and consider them only as French (technically). Yet the many vehicular fires and such, with both Muslim and African descendants blaming old-European descendants, and old-European descendants blaming Muslim and African descendants as the root cause of the conflict shows that that policy has not fully made a unified French nation.

Guessing it is sort of analogous to a side of a house that is rotting and the paint is ugly because of the rot. You could simply paint over the rot, but then the rot could just seep through, the rot could still spread, and the house could still be weakened. Before the side of the house can be painted over, the rotting wood underneath has to be removed and replaced; then the new paint can come in. Does this make sense? (an actual question--and not a carpenter).

So, the goal definitely should be a single, unified American society where some people are light skinned, other darker skinned, some with tightly curly hair, others with ramrod straight hair, etc. But before that can happen, the conflicts which do exist ought to be addressed and resolved. Then there can be a moving forward.

It only takes a few racists (from any people group (race)) to change a human's opinion about an entire people group.

35 posted on 02/20/2007 1:04:24 PM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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To: presidio9
Black History Month was a scam at inception. How can you dilute a cynically conceived bone tossed to the race hustlers?
36 posted on 02/20/2007 1:06:52 PM PST by Tulsa Brian (Do the Clam....)
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To: presidio9
Why is there no Thomas Sowell celebrated in Black History Month?

Why is Booker T. Washington not celebrated in Black History Month?

Why is Clarence Thomas not celebrated in Black History Month?

Why is Condoleeza Rice not celebrated in Black History Month?

Why do they celebrate people like Malcolm X? Spike Lee? Athletes? Actors? Rap and Hip Hop celebrities?
37 posted on 02/20/2007 1:07:45 PM PST by rlmorel (Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
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To: rlmorel

Somthing tells me that Thomas Sowell, Clarence Thomas, and Condoleezza Rice will spend about thirty seconds COMBINED thinking about black history this February. They have more important things to think about.


38 posted on 02/20/2007 1:10:02 PM PST by presidio9 (There is something wonderful about a country that produces a brave and humble man like Wesley Autrey)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu
.....only serves to fracture society.

.....light skinned, others darker skinned.....

39 posted on 02/20/2007 1:10:59 PM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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To: TypeZoNegative

There are certainly many fine black Americans integral to the history of our country. Although I couldn’t give a ra+$-a$$ about P Diddy, I find myself fascinated with someone like George Washington Carver.


40 posted on 02/20/2007 1:11:51 PM PST by Niteranger68 (Point your toilets towards Mecca!)
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