[jimt]

Bump for a great article.

[originalbuckeye]

My hat is off to you Mr Marcus. Thanks.

[cripplecreek]

Interesting that you would mention Carver. He was one of my earliest heroes but Jesse Jackson only sees the presidency as a worthy goal to achieve.

[maddog55]

Black History Month
Black Entertainment TV
NAACP
The Black Caucus
Etc,..etc,..
Are all RACIST...

[GeronL]

I am still waiting for the PBS documentaries and major motion pictures about the black men sent to Congress just after the Civil War that tried to stop segregation before it happened. Just because they failed in that, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t recognize them.

And the writer George S Schuyler, I expect English classes will have to write essays about him.

// not really

[sodpoodle]

The valor and sacrifice of slaves should not be confused with self-serving racial usery.

Character is not built on another’s pain and suffering - but your own.

Thank you for common sense perspective Lloyd Marcus.

[Bernard Marx]

Thank you Lloyd Marcus. But I'm reminded that the radical (Communist) Left has always believed the historical plight of Blacks would be its path to dominance.

As David Horowitz remembers from his childhood when Black singer Paul Robeson became a hero figure to American Communists like him and his parents:

"Robeson's [Communist] presence as a god in our midst seems prophetic to me now. In my radical generation, blacks would replace the proletariat in our imaginations as the Chosen People who were going to lead the rest of us to the Promised Land."

Things seem to be going according to plan.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

I call it “white guilt” month.

[mnehring]

I wonder if any schools dare speak of Prince Hall? They may be so caught up into the line that all our founding fathers were just rich slave owners (ignoring that only a couple were) they completely miss the role that some African Americans, including Hall, a freed slave, played in our founding.

[wintertime]

I've often said jokingly that Black History Month should more accurately be called "white people and America suck" month.

Metmom, Another day and "Another Reason to Homeschool!"

[colorado tanker]

[truthguy]

A good article and this is why I'd like to cut off all Federal Funds for PBS and NPR. They are the ring leaders in this nonsense. There's no reason any taxpayer should have to fund a network with the likes of Bill Moyers on it.

You cannot go even one week without the bash America stories being put out by NPR and PBS. It's pathetic.

If you watch this network on a regular basis, you would go crazy. I could site example after example but most here already know about this bias.

[TexasFreeper2009]

There shouldn’t even be a black history day, much less a month.

[seemoAR]

What would Black history be if not for the hated White man?

[Rockingham]

Good article. Harsh circumstances often bring out extraordinary character and accomplishment. Despite Black History Month, much of what Black Americans have accomplished remains too little known and appreciated.

[Pharmboy]

Yep...and how about looking at some of the extraordinary accomplishments of American blacks in the arts? For example, in American music, black Americans have been major (though not sole) inventors of jazz, blues and rock and roll. I have always thought of R&R as the marriage of the blues (or more correctly R&B) with country and western music...blacks and whites can make beautiful music together.

And, the influence goes way beyond music, but into the fine arts as well, as jazz influenced 20th century painting, sculpture and architecture. Why doesn't anyone ever talk about this? This influence is profound and has had worldwide effects. What is thought as "American culture" is, to a large degree, owed to African Americans.

And how about the NYC-birth of American tap dancing, whereby Irish immigrants exposed blacks to their step dancing and the African rhythms took over. Hey...it's a bit over-simplified, but, from what I understand, true enough.

And, we can recount the many contributions that American blacks made during our Revolutionary War; look, MLK and Rosa Parks were courageous and important, to be sure, but there's so much more...thanks for listening.

[Rebelbase]

Great article. Thank-you for writing/posting.

[John-Irish]

Black History Month, Women’s History Month, Latino History Month, Christ Almighty, have we got enough months in the year for all racial and gender chauvinism?

[LadyPilgrim]

Totally agree with you Lloyd!!! Thank you!!!

[La Enchiladita]

I don’t expect the libs to celebrate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, yet his story of struggle is one of the most moving I have ever known. However, he tells it without whining. From the deep, deep South, he recognized and experienced racism but took personal responsibility and the opportunities offered, made friends regardless of color, worked hard and look where he is now: a truly great American.