Why there is no White, Mexican, Indian and so forth history months?

Question

I was just wondering why there is only a Black history month. I'd also like you all to know that I don't mean to get everyone into a racial battle here, I was just wondering if there was any reason behind this.

Someone said that the Mexicans have Cinco de Mayo, this is just a celebration of their victory over the French and traitor Mexican army.

Answer 1

Didn't you know that would be racist

Answer 2

Whenever the admin feels bad about something they throw a day or a week or a month at it. Check the calendar, you'll find that we have prevent domestic violence month (October), AIDS awareness month (September), Native American History Month (November), etc. This just off the top of my head. There are also weeks devoted to Prevent Blindness, Diabetes Awareness, Be Kind To Animals, Cerebral Palsey, Arthritis, etc. LIke throwing a day or a week or a month at sometihng is supposed to make it better. I guess it makes the bigshots feel better...

As a few people have pointed out, every day is white history day. Most of the people celebrated in history are white, and men besides. Indeed, history is "his-story." As a female of part Native AMerican descent, I used to yawn and squirm thru history class, knowing in my gut it was not really as they said it was.

As far as Stevo's comment, wrongo! Prior to modern mechanisation, slavary was part of the economy of just about every agricultural society. There were slaves (white people) in ancient Rome. During feudal times in mideaval Europe, the peasants (white people) were serfs, an older word for slaves.

No Indian or Mexican slaves? During colonisation, the Europeans first tried to enslave the Indians and Mexicans, but this didn't work very well so they started importing Africans. ( An indigenous slave could easily escape into the forest and rejoin his or her people, but for the Africans, home was an ocean away.)

Slavary still exists today, even here in the good ol USA. The Mexicans who brave it across the border to work our fields and farms work under slave conditions, and without their labor our food would not be available or affordable. In Louisiana, the Napoleonic code is still in effect, which means that in old blood families, the women and children are regarded as property and treated as such. (I come from such a family, that's how I know.) And, saddest of all, many prostitutes are slaves, especially the underage prostitutes. As far as liberty and justice for all, we've still got a long way to go.

Answer 3

No battle playa just facts: White history dominates over 97% of educational textbooks (lest we forget European history intermingles with our American history) AND all the major bank holidays - MLK's birthday is considered an OPTIONAL holiday by corporate entities. You have a good point about the Indians and the Mexicans though.

I always figured we get a month because America the Superpower was built on the backs and wombs of Black people - immigrants and those born on this soil. The question I pose to you is why did Blacks get the SHORTEST month of the year?

Answer 4

Native American Heritage Month (November) is a time to honor the many contributions and achievements of Native Americans throughout the world

Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15, the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries—Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico declared its independence on September 16, and Chile on September 18.

As far as "White Heritage Month," well, we live in America...And that is why we still learn today for example that Stephen F. Austin is the "Father of Texas.." and etc.
What I mean is that the way history is written in the United States, it is all to make the "white man" look like the good guy. They don't need to bloat their egos any more than they already have. It's true, so don't try to argue with me...

Answer 5

lets see the Mexicans have Cinco de Mayo . I guess the other races would call it discrimination but ther were white slaves which were considered lower the the black and Indian slaves but they would rather die then be slaves so they took off or killed themselves. SO I guess the white race just needs a government official to ask for a white history month.

Answer 6

what have Mexican Indian and whites gone through? in the USA Blacks started being STOLEN and brought to the USA and had to work to get there freedom and had to fight for their rights and have had actual history in the USA. While Mexicans and so on have just come here for a better life, there is only true history behind the black history month

Answer 7

"White" history month is every month. It's our country's history (the Pilgrims and all that).

"Mexican" history month can be included with "Hispanic Heritage" month (and in addition to Cinco de Mayo there's 15 September).

As for Native Americans? That's a good point.

Answer 8

The reason is because UNFORTUNATELY many would consider that a form of racism and complain, make news headlines, etc. The idiots who keep bringing up slavery, suffering, and blacks getting the shortest month make me chuckle. What happened that long ago was horrible, but I doubt any of THESE people were born into slavery. It's very ridiculous.

Answer 9

its probably because the African Americans are the only group making a big deal out of their ansestors suffering, dont get me wrong i think what happend to them was horrable but there are other who suffered too. for example the Native Americans. they were given blankets that had small pox and a lot of them were killed for no reason, not to mention forced to live on reservations, my ansestors (the native americans) were here first and treated worse than dogs.

Answer 10

Since Blacks have made signifcant contributions to this country that are not known by most Americans, Black History Month was begun to honor those people. In school you learn about Thomas Edison, Marconi, Bell, etc...the credit for contributions of Blacks was denied them for many years. These are people who are role models for black children who may need them rather than athletes or entertainers. When I learned of some of them I was amazed at the things I learned. These are just a few and there are hundreds more all in different areas.

1872 Elijah McCoy, was the inventor of a device that allowed machines to be lubricated while they were still in operation.

1881 Lewis Howard Latimer, a pioneer in the development of the electric light bulb, was the only Black member of Thomas A. Edison's research team of noted scientists.

1887 Granville T. Woods developed his most important invention - a device he called Multiplex Railway Telegraph, it allowed for messages to be sent from moving trains and railway stations.

1896 George Washington Carver’s scientific discoveries included more than three hundred different products derived from the peanut, some one hundred from sweet potatoes, about seventy-five from pecans, and many more from Georgia clay.

1923 Garrett Augustus Morgan, is best known for his invention of the automatic traffic signal. He also is the inventor of the gas mask, used by firemen in the early 1900s and by soldiers in World War I.

1940 Dr. Charles Richard Drew was the first person to develop the blood bank. His introduction of a system for the storing of blood plasma revolutionized the medical profession.

Benjamin Banneker was an astronomer, scientist, mathematician, surveyor, clock-maker, author, and social critic. Most notable about his accomplishments was that despite racial constraints and little formal education, he was a self-taught man.

Bessie Blount, was a physical therapist who worked with soldiers injured in W.W.II. Bessie Blount's war service inspired her to patent a device, in 1951, that allowed amputees to feed themselves.

Majorie Joyner, invented a permanent wave machine. This device, patented in 1928, curled or "permed" women’s hair for a relatively lengthy period of time. The wave machine was popular among women white and black allowing for longer-lasting wavy hair styles.

Andrew Jackson Beard: With the emergence of the railroad industry and its rapid expansion throughout the country, an alarming number of railmen suffered serious injuries to their arms and legs when they were crushed during manual style coupling of railroad cars. During manual coupling, a worker would have to attempt to precisely time the moment when two railroad cars being pushed together would be close enough for that worker to drop a metal pin between their connectors, thus engaging the cars. If the worker was off by one second he might severe damage his arm or leg - many in fact had to undergo amputation. On November 27, 1897 Beard received a patent for a device he called the Jenny Coupler. The Jenny Coupler automatically joined cars by simply allowing them to bump into each other, or as Beard described it the "horizontal jaws engage each other to connect the cars." Beard sold the rights to his invention for $50,000.00 and the railroad industry was revolutionized. During his lifetime, Beard received a number of other patents, including a steam driven rotary engine, and a double plow.

Answer 11

Steve-O wrote; "Because there were never any white, mexican, indian etc slaves."


You sure about that, slick?

English Trade in Deerskins and Indian Slaves

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