@White Mage said:
@Xanni15 said:
@White Mage said:
@Xanni15 said:
@joshmightbe: I'm still wondering why any group of people have their own month.
1. Until we get equal representation, particularly in history, this is what we get
2. We celebrate our culture and accomplishments as a people during this month.
1. Nobody even cares, though, it's just a month. Do I have to constantly hear about how other White people were disgusting in enslaving people? Did I ever learn that some Black people sold their fellow brothers into slavery? No. If we're gonna have Black history, let's tell the whole history and not just the positives, and how MLK was a perfect human being.
2. All I'm saying is that your people shouldn't have to do it in just February. Take the entire year for all I care.
1. And who told you that nobody cares? It's Black American history. Obviously we know that black people were also involved in slave trade, and we also know that African tribes held slaves for themselves. But our history in THIS COUNTRY IS something to be proud of, and it's, like Jamie Foxx said, "The evolution of freedom". My mother was looked at crazily for going to a swimming pool area with her white friend, when she was a child. Negative treatment isn't ancient. But progress isn't ancient either.
2. Even when we get full representation in history, I will still not mind having a month to actively reflect on my heritage, and the progression of my culture.
1. The fact that people have to be force fed Black history. Not everyone knows these things, I certainly did not learn about them in school. It's not to bring down anyone, just that reflecting on the history of all people needs to be improved. And one way to change negative treatment is through education, and I'm not talking about History class during February. It's almost like the entire History class is about White people, then it stops and Black people take over in February, then March is back to White people
2. Why, though? Can't everyone just celebrate History equally throughout the year? If equality is the goal, then it should end there.
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