Before you spazz out, I mean when can we actually put in the hispanic, black, indian, & asian perspectives in our history books? Last book I checked from my younger cousins they told the entire history of their state/country & decided to forget about the last 4 groups! No one asks about Phyllis Wheatley with literature, Benjamin Banneker for Architecture, Pontiac indian chief, the dakotahs or Julio cesar Chavez union organizer. We wouldn't be so darn separate or annoyed when you tried to get in on our subculture if this was normalized.
2007-02-07 12:18:05 · 10 answers · asked by jmintecu 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I'm going to assume you won't pull your question once I submit my answer. A quote by Carter G. Woodson (who initiated Black History Week):
"We should emphasize not ***** HISTORY but the ***** IN HISTORY. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world VOID OF NATIONAL BIAS, RACE HATE AND RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE."
Benjamin Banneker was black. I'm not going to be politically correct for it will diffuse my point. If you take the quote seriously, you will see that the history of negroes, coloreds, black folk intersects, runs parrallel, and superimposes itself on the history of other peoples. Unfortunately, too many people use the vantage point of slavery to illustrate the above statement. If you are genuinely interested in broadening historic cultural awareness, I suggest you ADD not SUBTRACT.
2007-02-09 12:01:45 · answer #1 · answered by Grendel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we'd desire to consistently have an "American human beings" month, the place all races can have fun their achievements, history and targets for the destiny. we'd desire to consistently have fun our "sameness", not our ameliorations and learn extra approximately one yet another. Our family individuals is integrated and anybody loves anybody, surprisingly my grand-son who's a million/4 Samoan, a million/4 black, a million/2 white, i think of. i'm initially a racist from Detroit, yet it is while i grew to become into stupid! by the way, lookup the be conscious "race"...German, French, and so on are actually not races.
2016-09-28 14:01:19 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when there is no more history in the world
2007-02-07 12:20:53 · answer #3 · answered by Me 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Are you talking about a ethnic history month? I have no problem with black history but learning about other ethnic groups would be okay with me.
2007-02-07 12:35:16 · answer #4 · answered by WWE Girl 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Just ignore it. When someone brings it up; groan and roll your eyes. Boast about seeing 'Birth of a Nation' at work. Recommend it to others. Boycott watermelon and call in sick during "diversity" training that excludes European culture.
2007-02-07 12:25:39 · answer #5 · answered by itlonda 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
And Bush went over to Iraq to tell them how to live with each other. Go figure
2007-02-07 12:23:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm with you! Black History Month is a joke!
2007-02-07 15:59:45 · answer #7 · answered by null 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
okay why don't you create this book of many cultures and their great history and success and appear on Oprah when she name you as one of her favorite books and watch out world as we embrace all cultures.
2007-02-07 12:28:11 · answer #8 · answered by 2much 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First get rid of black history
2007-02-07 12:20:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
It's a good thing, be proud of it
2007-02-07 12:21:43 · answer #10 · answered by erika 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋