Black History Month?

Question

1.What is Black?
2.Who celebrates Black History Month?
3.Is it a form of racism?
4.Should we celebrate black history month?
5.Do you care about black history month?

Answer 1

1. I assume that you are talking about "Pigment" and not "Light" where black would be the absence of color. Black is not a color in and of its self. Black is the essence from which all color comes. There are people on this planet that are so black that you would think that they would spit ink. Those are our ancestors.

2. Negroes and White Liberals celebrate Black history month because it pushes an agenda of ***** integration and not Freedom.

3.It is not a form of racism but rather an effect of racism. White Racist America have kept our true history away from us in their racist educational system. We were written out of history. Black people wanted to show that we were more than just slaves so ***** History Week was created to show that Black People have contributed to the onward march of America in a capacity other than that of an ignorant slave.

4. We should not celebrate "Black History Month", we should celebrate "True History". There is no American History without those Africans who built this country. There is no American History without the contributions made by blacks in America specifically but also African Civilization in general. American History is tied to Black History and it should all be taught in context and not separated. As long as there is a need for a "Black History Month", proves that America is still a Racist country.

5. My last answer should cover this question. I don't celebrate Black History Month. I promote a "Black Future Month". Where are we going as a people? Are we individuals or are we a collective? Do we want "integration" or do we want "Freedom" or do we think that Integration equals Freedom?

Hope I answered your questions.

Answer 2

1.What is Black? According to the dictionary it is the absence of all color just as white is defined as the presence of all color which means a "white" person is also "black". "- )
2.Who celebrates Black History Month? The media, the schools and my office (at least). We just had our celebration party last week and we have one "notable fact/story" told to us each day by Juan Ferguson, a supervisor in our office who is African American and would be a cool guy no matter what race he was just cause of who he is.
3.Is it a form of racism? No. It is suppossed to be a method of drawing attention to information that was overlooked for years. Look at what the others said, Native American's and Jewish folks don't get half the attention. Some dinks even deny the Holocaust happened. How do you think that makes Jews feel? Or the Native Americans who have to cope with no one remembering the "Trail of Tears"? Both are very much a part of oppression in history.
4.Should we celebrate black history month? Yes. Why not?
5.Do you care about black history month? It is not part of my own background (Hispanic) but it is important to others in my life so for that reason alone I care. I always support my friend's causes.

Answer 3

1. Black is a color, but people associates it with African-American or anyone who is of dark complexion.
2. Mainly African Americans.
3. No, because it's just a time set aside to celebrate history that many people dont really learn about that is not always about Martin Luther King Jr., Marcus Gravy, Rosa Parks, or Malcom X. We also have Hispanic month and Native American week.
4. Yes, everyone should celebrate it, because it's not just Black History it's American History too. Maybe in a few years we wouldn't have to have months like these and everyone learn and celebrate everything equally, but right now we cant forget about and ignore history that has/have shaped America.
5. Yes I do. It's my history. My Black History and American History.

Answer 4

1. A color
2. People who care celebrate their Blackness.
3. It's a form of differentness.
4. Sure, why not.
5. No.

Answer 5

1. Black is a label.
2. Those that have labeled themselves black.
3. Pride is taking celebration in your heritage, Racism is not allowing any other race to take pride in theirs.
4. I'll celebrate black history month when there are also "White", "Yellow", "Brown", and "Red" history months. Then "Black History Month" can't be it can't be labeled as racist or discriminatory.
5. See answer to number four.

Have pride, celebrate your identification with your culture, but DON'T discriminate or tell other people they can't have pride and celebrate who THEY are.

Answer 6

1. A Shade.
2. No one, really. More people resent it than celebrate it.
3. I don't believe it is.
4. No. We should integrate black history within the rest of American history, as it is a very integral part of American history that often gets tossed aside and considered "unimportant."
5. Not really.

Answer 7

1. Person from African decent
2. I guess Black people celebrate it. At my school they put information about African cultures and important people in the Canadian gouvernment and arts and history aswell as other interesting facts.
3. I don't really think so, I just wish there would be other months dedicated to other races so that we would learn more about them as well. I think it would be nice.
4. It's a personal preference really.
5. I find it nice, but like I mentioned giving a history month to more than one group would be nice.

That is my opinion on that

Answer 8

I do agree with JJ reponses above that the Black History Month is just "isolate African Americans from the rest of America." If it wasnt for this history month, then maybe all blacks can be like everyone else and blend in. About the color "black", it not that it's racist or anything. When people look at a color that's very dark like example brown, it's easier to just use the word "black". For example, white aren't actually white and asian arent yellow. So i dont think its racist at all to call blacks black.

Answer 9

It is my opinion that celebrating Black History Month serves to draw out differences and isolate African Americans from the rest of America. I think that it is alright to point out the contributions and accomplishments made by African Americans but setting aside one month out of the year to do that is exclusionary. Wouldn't it be better to be part of the larger whole and be recognized through out the year then to set aside a month where African Americans receive special attention? If this is set up to help educate blacks and the rest of America about the contribution of those previously not recognized, when do we stop with this sort of recognition? I don't have a month set aside to recognize my ethnic heritage should we set aside separate months for each separate group in my racial background? I guess the question that I am really asking is, When will this recognition be enough? When can we return the accomplishments of African Americans to the accomplishments of the rest of Americans? Set some timetable to say you have accomplished the goal or say that it is simply designed to affirm the African American's place as less than the rest of American's.

Answer 10

1. Me
2. Every public school in the USA
3. No
4. Yes
5. Yes


Ok, I say yes because why not learn about black contribution to the USA. I say everymonth should focus on large groups of immigrants that made this country into a world power in 200 years. The Irish, the Chinese, the Mexicans, the Native Americans, the Women...but if its ONLY black history then away with it...it upsets too many people to have to learn about blacks in America...I say just stick to the same lies about how Just and Fair the USA is and always will be.