Posted on 02/02/2017 9:59:07 AM PST by RummyChick
Donald Trump has changed Black History Month to National African American History month, and we know why. A senior administration official tells TMZ, after meeting with African American leaders, he believed the consensus was that the term "black" is outdated, and the more appropriate way to refer to the community is "African American." The official added, Trump was mindful of the new addition to the Smithsonian ... the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Every U.S. president since 1976 had designated February as Black History Month ... same sentiment, different name.
(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...
Great. Ask any black who is the leader of Africa??
Name the African nations??
Explain the African style of Government??
It didn't. Blac...er...I mean, African Americans use it all the time. More as a form of emphasis over their usual favorite standby, n!§§€r.
Right. This was an unnecessary move by Trump that doesn't fix anything.
Trump is playing a game with them. If that’s what they want and it costs nothing, give it to them.
I wish blacks would spend as much energy and time cleaning up their problems. What they call themselves is the least of their problems.
I personally don’t care what they want to be called. When they have a white history month or a white congressional caucus - I might begin to care.
Regardless what our President or anyone else wants to call it, it’s still pandering and it’s still February.
What about Caribbean Americans? Now they don’t have a month to celebrate.
A List of Commemorative Months & Days
January:
Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday (Third Monday of January)
Robert E. Lee Day (January 19)
Confederate Heroes Day (January 19)
February:
President’s Day
African American History Month
African American Coaches Day (Feb 7)
Man Day (Feb 12)
NAACP Day (Feb 12)
Frederick Douglass Day (Feb 14)
March:
Women’s History Month
Irish-American Heritage Month
Greek-American Heritage Month
St. Urho’s Day (Finnish-American) (Mar 16)
St. Patrick’s Day (March 17)
Greek Independence Day (March 25)
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic (March 25)
April:
Arab-American Heritage Month
Tartan (Scottish-American) Heritage Month
Confederate History Month
Tartan Day (April 6)
Confederate Memorial Day (Varies depending on the state, usually on April 26 or June 3)
May:
South Asian Heritage Month
Haitian Heritage Month
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Jewish-American Heritage Month
Latino Books Month
June:
Flag Day
Caribbean American Heritage Month
International Men’s Month
Gay/Lesbian Pride Month
Black Music Month
Juneteenth (Emancipation Proclamation Day)
Kamehameha Day (June 11)
Honor America Days (June 14-July 4)
Midsummer Day (Swedish Holiday celebrated in various places in America)
July:
Independence Day
French-American Heritage Month
Bastille Day (July 14)
August:
Lughnasa (Irish Pagan Holiday) (August 1)
International Lefthander’s Day (Aug 13) (Because we lefty’s need our own damn day)
National Navajo Code Talkers Day (Aug 14)
September
Constitution Day
Bourbon Heritage Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month
German-American Heritage Month
National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week
Mayflower Day (September 16)
Trail of Tears Commemoration Day (September 16)
Ancestor Appreciation Day (September 27)
October:
Filipino American History Month
Polish-American Heritage Month
LGBT History Month
Italian-American Heritage Month
German-American Day (October 6)
International African Diaspora Day (October 7)
Columbus Day (October 8)
Native American Day (October 8)
Leif Erikson Day (October 9)
General Pulaski Memorial Day (October 11)
November:
Veterans’ Day
American Indian Heritage Month
Alaska Native Heritage Month
Dutch American Heritage Day (November 16) (Unofficial)
I don’t see a hyphen.
Many of these days/months need to be reviewed and perhaps deep-sixed in the spirit of unity. Singling out special groups to be celebrated is un-American.
Good post, tomkat. Ditto!
~R
I agree. He wants them to know that he cares about their communities and this is one small way to do it. It’s perhaps a beginning to bring the community to understanding that they have been the victims of the democratic policies for a long time.
And what will it be changed to in 20 years time? Pathetic.
My mom was part scotch part soda
I always check Native American and they look at me and say How?
I call them racist dirt bags don’t talk to me like that again
They’re still gonna complain about being short-changed because February only has 28 days.
Bad move by Trump. Singling out any race or class of people for ANYTHING in America is divisive & wrong, PERIOD!
Should have been changed to : Americans of African Descent Month.
Nothing should go before Americans as it only further divides us.
A change to Black American would have been good. It would make the proper distinction as to who is being referenced. Not all blacks are Americans, obviously, and not all black Americans are of African origin directly.
African American is an absurd term that would only realistically apply to naturalized Americans from Africa who could potentially be of any race on the planet. Even their offspring would be natural born Americans and therefore not African-anything.
It is still imprecise as Africa is not a nation. Properly, a naturalized American from the African continent would be a Kenyan-American, Sudanese-American, Egyptian-American, South African-American and so on. Those would be correct, but unnecessary, epithets for them.
Who gives a crap! This is so minor as to be at the minutia level.
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