Should black history have a permanant place in high school as a required course for graduation?
2007-03-15 04:56:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
If your high school offers a comprehensive American History course that actually covers African American/Black History adequately, then no. If it doesn't, like most schools, then absolutely.
The material, despite being very valuable, is often pushed to the margin. Considering over a quarter of the nation's population is black, schools could spend more than a quarter of the time on black history to be more even. They don't. Most of what you learn is a handful of names/icons in the month of February and move on.
The problem is that most people consider white history to be the only history and don't understand that people write textbooks.
2007-03-22 04:31:06 · answer #1 · answered by Holly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. I didn't even know that it was a requirement at some high schools. Now if it is an elective, then that is perfectly fine. I personally love American Black literature and history (one of my favorite books is Eldridge Clever autobiography), and wished we had a course like that at my high school. Although I have a feeling that if they did make it into a class then we would only be learning about the sterilized stuff that I wouldn't care for.
2007-03-15 12:04:43 · answer #2 · answered by Omar 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well it depends it is always studied by some teacher but even with its great importance in our history other culture's history is just as important and if Black history is made required for graduation then someone will try to put in other culture's history and start a huge debate over it. i suggest that for now we leave things as they are. The kids will get taught black history nevertheless so.. what's the point of making things harder on them?
2007-03-15 12:06:04 · answer #3 · answered by ~Stephie~ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if it should be required; but I had always had it and missed it when I went to this small parochial school that didn't have it, for what I think were reasons of being politically correct (there just weren't that many blacks in the school to begin with). Perhaps they have it now; but if you've always had it I can't say that it won't make you uncomfortable to be in a position where you don't have it. But I can't say that you should force it on people either; I mean offer it, but don't make it a requirement. It's like a sensitivity training type of thing; people like to know that it's there, but you can't force anyone to respect it ...
2007-03-18 16:06:27 · answer #4 · answered by collard greens with hash browns 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they dont have special classes for white history, asian history, or japanese history.
So why should they have a specific class for black history?
They should cover it in History Class.
2007-03-15 12:05:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
no
2007-03-15 12:01:49 · answer #6 · answered by agkwatson@sbcglobal.net 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋