Is Black History Month getting diluted?

Associated Press ^ | 02/15/07 | ERIN TEXEIRA

[colorado tanker]

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.

[Larry Lucido]

I've always liked German History Month.

[Hatteras]

Black History month? Diluted? Nahhh.....

One question... When is it?

[Larry Lucido]

[Maceman]

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.

[Onelifetogive]

Is Black History Month getting diluted?

Would that result in a Gray History Month?

[Niteranger68]

Why have they not changed it to African-American History Month?

[TC Rider]

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

[Hatteras]

"Having it in the shortest month of the year is clearly racist."

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

[TypeZoNegative]

How Clinton celebrates Black History month.

[workerbee]

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.

[CutePuppy]

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

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

[RicocheT]

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).

[TypeZoNegative]

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.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

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.

[Tulsa Brian]

Black History Month was a scam at inception. How can you dilute a cynically conceived bone tossed to the race hustlers?

[rlmorel]

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?

[presidio9]

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.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

.....only serves to fracture society.

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

[Niteranger68]

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.