Yea there should be a white history month, and an asian history month, ect. if African-Americans get to have a month to themselves as well. Whats going on in this country though is an over abundance of Political Correctness. Decades ago blacks were treated bad by Americans, now i agree with this idea. If any African-American can prove that they themselves were slaves at any point in time, then they can have special treatment. They get a lot of benefits just for being born black yet they have no idea what slavery was like because it was their GRANDPARENTS that went through that part in history. So i say Abolish all that Minority-special treatment crap that is over-abundant in our government and hiring quotas (Which companies actually have a quota that say they have to maintain a certain number of minorities even if someone more qualified is applying for the position) and just treat everyone equal, because im tired of getting the racist card being pulled out anytime someone complains about black history month or makes an afircan american or other minority wait in line to get a hamburger at Carls Jr.
2007-02-19 20:53:57
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answered by Massimo Biagiotti 1
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It is not reverse racism, blacks created black history month if white folks really wanted a month they could do the same but I think some folks just like to complain, especially since I have not heard anything about any white folks trying to create a white history month
2007-02-21 00:24:08
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answered by micheleh29 6
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Erm, it's not Black Appreciation Month, it's Black History Month. You can appreciate African-Americans in months other than February too.
2007-02-20 06:48:05
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answered by Doc Occam 7
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CUZ THEN IT WOULD BE BORING N BE JUST LIKE THE HISTORY WE LEARN THE REST OF THE YEAR.
if u think about it, all the history we learn in school (especially US history) we just learn about white people like the presidents n watever. not to mention that its boring as hell...if theres a white history month, then we'll just be basically learning all that same stuff over n over again. seriously, im sick of learning about george washington n abraham lincoln. the only black person i learned about in history class was federick douglas, n all i know is that he used to be a slave or sumthin like that.
maybe this month u should actually go out n learn about black history instead of complaining on how theres no white history month. it wont hurt
2007-02-20 06:09:56
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answered by Anonymous
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There is a petition being circulated on the Web that is addressed to “All Whites.” It has been signed by thousands of people, and reads in part: “We believe that if African Americans and now Hispanics can have their history month for their heritage, why can’t the White Americans have White history month?
This is an issue that surfaces every February, like clockwork, when Black History Month rolls around. I have the answer to the question:
***WHY BLACK HISTORY NEEDED TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED***
When scholar Carter G. Woodson created what was then called ***** History Week in 1926, he hoped for the day when it no longer would be needed, when the contributions of people from various races, ethnicities and even genders would be taught fairly and properly. Woodson believed that ***** History Week would accomplish two things: build self-esteem among blacks and help eliminate prejudice among whites.
It was needed. As professor Yaw Boateng of Eastern Washington University reminds us, “between 1619 and 1926, African Americans and other peoples of African descent were classified as a race that had not made any contribution to human civilization; they were continually dehumanized and relegated to the position of non-citizens and often defined as fractions of humans. It is estimated that between 1890 and 1925, an African American was lynched every two and a half days. Peoples of African descent were visibly absent in any scholarship or intellectual discourse that dealt with human civilization.” This was the world in which Woodson lived.
But Woodson’s dream that ***** History Week would no longer be needed still isn’t a reality, nearly 80 years later. He dreamed of a day when every student's education would include such African-American figures as Crispus Attucks, who died in the Boston Massacre; Dr. Daniel Williams, who performed the world’s first open-heart surgery; Matthew A. Henson, who co-discovered the North Pole with Robert Peary, and Benjamin Banneker, the pioneer scientist who helped conduct the first survey of Washington. If you’re like me, those names weren’t mentioned in your history classes, AND STILL AREN'T TODAY.
***WHEN BLACK HISTORY MONTH BEGAN***
After the civil rights movement of the 1960s, Black History Week was expanded into Black History month. I’ve heard people joke that February was chosen because it’s the shortest month. Cute. But no, that’s not the reason. It was chosen in part because the birthdays of slave abolitionists Frederick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln, as well as poet Langston Hughes and musician Eubie Blake, are in February. It’s also the month the NAACP was founded (in 1909) and the month that its co-founder, W.E.B. Dubois, was born (in 1868). On February 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment granting blacks the right to vote was passed. February 25, 1870, the first black U.S. senator, Hiram Revels, took his oath of office. It was on February 1, 1960, that a group of black Greensboro, N.C., college students began a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. February is an important month in Black history.
***WHY THERE IS NO WHITE HISTORY MONTH***
In the words of a Tulane University Black History Month website, a “White History Month is not needed because the contributions of whites are already acknowledged by society.” In other words, American history & World history IS white history, plain and simple.
We don’t need a White History Month - not because every month is White History Month, but because every year is White History Year. In fact, a colleague of mine put it even more aptly: “it’s even more than White History Year…it’s White History Life – just look at the names of bridges, mountain ranges, parks, universities, colleges, streets, cities, management styles and philosophies, pictures on money, constellations,
2007-02-20 04:55:52
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answered by Anonymous
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You must be joking! White history is celebrated throughout the whole freaking year!!! White people don't need anything to celebrate, because in school and life then it's all about white people. Go suck on a lemon.
BTW, Beautiful should get the best answer.
2007-02-20 05:44:00
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answered by Ayesha 4
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I don't think there should be a month for either. If so why not an Asian history month, and Arab history month, etc. etc. Its just another case of guilty white males overcompensating for what they had no control over.
2007-02-20 04:42:31
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answered by Jayson Kane 7
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There is white appreciation month. It's every month that's not February.
2007-02-20 04:52:59
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answered by ookaninam2000 2
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I agree if one race gets a month o themselfs then so should white people...your not alone though asians don't have one either =[
2007-02-20 04:43:09
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answered by Boo Peep 1
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