why isnt there a white history month?

Question

shouldnt there be a white history month i mean i think me made just as many accomplishments as blacks or hispanics so i think we deserve a month

Answer 1

The same reason that there is no "White College Fund". Whites are afraid to offend any of the other races. I say screw it. Just like blacks are allowed to say they are proud to be strong and black, and Hispanics are allowed to proclaim their love of their Latin culture.....I am going to say it. I love being white. Plus I am a Jew....so, if anyone is offended, screw you, I can pull the minority card too. But being white rocks....there are so many perks. Like not having to learn how to dance.

Answer 2

Cuz you're white history month is actually white history year minus February (which is the shortest month to boot). When you go to school, what do you learn about? A whole bunch of whites who contributed to the greater good for American History. Out the whole 600 page book... at the most you get 5 on black people and even less on the other minorities. Sue us for wanting a month to learn more about the history of our ancestors. Take the month away like most white people's ancestors took our culture, language, customs, religions, and families away without a second thought. Whites've got the other 337 days of the year, let us have our 28 (29 every four years) to remember. Even then, it's not like majority white schools take time out for a litle bit of black history during black history month even if there are black children there (my high school didn't, it was all girl, 97-98% white). Also there's no Native American, Asian, or Hispanic history month either...see that? Why you complaining? Blacks are finally catching up to the 400 year start whites had on them and that's upsetting isn't it?

Answer 3

Honestly I don't think there should be a history month for any culture if there is not one for every culture. Every culture or race has made big accomplishments and overcame some harsh conditions, but yet we are reminded everyday what the white culture has done wrong. Yet some whites helped the slaves a great deal and they are never recognized. They stood up against their race to do what they thought was right and faced horrible consequences for that. In my personal opinion there should not be a history month for anyone, you learn about people in history class during school and it should be taught in a time line there is no need for a history month. In fact I think that black history month is only keeping some of the racism alive between the whites and blacks.

Answer 4

its because the minorities during the days were so outraged by what happened decades before that they protested and made us have a 'black history month'. now i'm not racist at all, but i agree wtih you totally, and another thing, why does marten luther king have his own whole day when washington and lincon share a day? didnt both of those PRESIDENTS do more than MLK jr? or at least the same amount? the white man has been getting the short end of the stick since the 50's. and the funniest part of it is that now the blacks and hispanics are more prejudice than anyone else, and they are the ones causing the tension these days. yes there are still some white extremest, but so many whites just dont care anymore. but the blacks cant let it go. we should all just live as we are and be at peace, unless we want this world to end in a fire of bigotry.

Answer 5

I'm not a big fan of any "adjective" history months. The spirit behind them is for much of United States history, the educational system excluded the contributions of non-white Americans.

I have had the privilege of reading various history books from the 1960's, 1970's, and even some in the 1980's that include very few people of color. There were some that included none.

In the new millennium, the "adjective" history months have gone a bit over the top. It is time to focus on a unified curriculum, but it will require educators, administrators, and historians to agree on some issues that still divide people. Your question and the inevitable responses illustrate my point.

Today, there is only one United States. If you consider it to be white, then some will consider it necessary to continue with "adjective" histories.

Answer 6

I can tell you right now what the argument will be - that white people have dominated all the other months and taught our kids only about white history. Basically, the pendulum has swung the other way at this point. We are supposed to feel bad for being white.

**See, look how people on here are saying we have the whole rest of the year - apparently I have missed out on all of the white history parades and commercials every month out of the year - if you think that just being white is celebrating, then you must feel pretty crappy about yourselves.

Answer 7

Well, easy answer is that every other month is celebrated as white history month. All the history books only talk about what accomplishments were made by whites, therefore black history month was created as a venue to discuss and celebrate black history. I keep running into this. Whites complaining about something black, when it was their ancestor's racist ideas and practices that caused the issue at hand.

Someone else asked why are blacks so violent. The answer there is that we are about 3 generations behind whites in civilization. When your great grandfather was farming and reading mine was working in his field for next to nothing and not allowed to learn to read. When your grandfather was getting a loan to get more farming equipment or going to college, mine was working in his field and having to conserve the little he made to buy a small piece of land to farm AND still having to work in your grandfather's field for $$$. Banks weren't giving blacks loans back then and reading was reserved for only a few blacks. When your father was going to school and then college then getting a job or starting his own business. Mine was going to the school across town with the books that your father's school no longer used cause they were too tore up to be effective. He was pulled out of school because my grandfather needed help in the field and didn't value education as he had very little. IF he goes to college he won't get a job because whites were the only people giving out jobs and they didn't often give them to blacks because they were black. If he doesn't go to college he still can't get a loan because he is black and ends up having to work a blue collar job. Then people look down on him if he is upset because he didn't have a fair shake in his life. But my father went to college, got 3 degrees, and on his PhD wasn't even allowed to go into the library because the University was in the south.

My point is that if my father would have not gone to college it is likely I would not have. All because he didn't learn something important because his school books were missing pages and stuff. Or because his father pulled him out of school to work in the fields because he couldn't get a loan from the bank to buy equipment because he was black. So now I am affected by all of this in that my father never made education a priority in my life because it wasn't one in his. This is the state of blacks in America. We are 3 generations behind you because of discrimination.

Don't we deserve at least 30 days so that maybe a research paper that we do or a story we read can inspire young blacks to go against the grain and make a difference in this world? You made it seem like the last good thing we did in history was be a slave according to the history books. World History books in America don't mention Africa other than to say where the slaves came from. Only MLK is mentioned in American History.

Answer 8

People will say that "they're all white history month" but the reality is that there aren't banners posted in cities, special tv programming, and special "white history" events scheduled EVER. In fact, if someone were ballsy enough to do such a thing, they would be protested, railroaded, and most likely sued for discrimination. We have gone so far in our attempts to "make amends" (for things that most of us never did and would never do) that we are now reaching a point of "reverse discrimination".

Answer 9

Because the entire YEAR is "white history month." When you learn history, you're mostly going to learn about the doings of a bunch of dead white guys. Black History Month is the recognition of the black history-makers for a change.That's just the fact of the matter.

Answer 10

Well blacks only have a mouth there are white peoples birthdays and for things they did that get celebrated you should say every other mouth and every other day some white persons name is in the news for doing something so called great . AND HISPANICS AND BLACKS AN EVEN NATIVE AMERICAN DESERVE THAT ONE MOUTH!!!

Answer 11

Because the Jews who run our country from the shadows want Whites to LOSE their racial identity, history, and instinct for self-preservation. They don't want to encourage anything that might keep our race alive and aware of its own interests.

Here's an example of what I mean.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), which is within the U.S. Department of Commerce, has ruled that the words White Pride are too "offensive and therefore scandalous" to be acceptable as part of a registered trademark. However, they have also ruled that Asian Pride, Mexican Pride, African Pride, Jewish Pride and Black Supremacy are all acceptable as trademarks.

Here's another one.

"Civil rights laws were not passed to protect the rights of white men and do not apply to them." - Mary Frances Berry, Head of U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1991.

See? Everybody gets the favors and benefits and the honor of a national holiday, except us Whites.