Why do we have all these months for different heritages but none for white people.?

Question

I know in the United States we have Native American Month, Asian Month, African American Month, Hispanic Month, Women's month, but we dont have a month for Caucasion Month. I mean hasn't the white people dont some great things in history too. So why don't we have a celebration of those accomplishments.

Answer 1

I know that for some Whites it may not be easy to digest, but the reality is that we, as a country, celebrate "whiteness" almost everyday.

Try flipping through the televesion channels one day and you'll see that 99 percent of the channels featutre White faces talking about "White" things.
Take a look at your son, daughter, neice or nephews' history books and you'll see that 99 percent of the history that we learn is not only America's history, but "White" America's history.

Really though, as an American (notice that I didn't say Afican-American or any other hyphenated-American), I think that we should eliminate all of the "history" month's from the calenders because it has been watered down too much and doesn't have the same significance as it used to. The Congressional Black, Asian, and Hispanic Caucuses; the seperate award shows; the seperate "Miss America" shows; it is created and America that is "seperate, but equal" and Blacks fought tooth and nail to get rid of this.

Answer 2

Actually, I think all of those "racial" month are prejudicial in nature. I actually would vote for doing none. I believe they promote the difference more than the fact we are all people.

Yes - white people has done many great things too, but when you are a majority in a country, every accomplishments are assumed to be done by the majority unless mentioned otherwise. No special mentions are necessary.

I've never heard of Asian months.... when is it, and do you realize, most Asians do not like to be grouped as Asians? Many prefers to be called by their nation, and even more prefers not being called by any nation at all.

Answer 3

Son every month is my month. I dont need a special set aside month to be happy and proud of who I am. Every time you use the Internet,drive a car,use a phone and so on and on you are celebrating your heritage . We invented 90 % of what makes this nation great . Enjoy it and stand up tall. Its got nothing to do with racism its simply the truth and I am not against any other race or color of people. But Im not ashamed of being white either. Tell me just what do I have to be jealous of about any other people. Nothing at all.

Answer 4

It seems that you have forgotten that --
while 'Whites' are a "Race" of people .....

1) African-Americans are an 'Ethnic' group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/991
and their month is no different than,
say, Irish-Heritage Month or the
Italian-American heritage month

2) Hispanics are a 'Cultural' group

3) Women are a 'Gender' group

etc. and so on ...

In other words -- my dear -- these groups are
*not*individual 'Racial' groups (while, 'White
/ Caucasian' is an 'Racial group) AND, let's not
forget the fact that many 'White' people tend
to fit across the various "heritage" categories
(ex. White 'Women'; White 'Latinos', etc.).

Let's also be cognizant of the fact that throughout
the remaining (12) months out of the year -- many
different 'White' "heritages" are also celebrated
(ex. Irish-Heritage Month; St. Patrick's Day, etc.)

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Answer 5

cause it'd be considered racist..
(dont ask me why)
and its supposedly an unsaid idea that white history is always celebrated and regarded..

its the same thing with anything.. like tv for instance..if there was a WET (white entertainment television) holy crap i wouldnt even wanna see the riots over that...but BET (black entertainment television) is cool...
its just seen by most people that white people all ready control the majority of television..so its already white entertainment..

i dont know.. im just saying how it is.. im not saying i like or dislike it.. at this point i dont care cause there are more important issues to get all flustered about..

Answer 6

Because according to them, they were oppressed, well maybe the black people were slaves at one time, but that was what, 150 yrs ago, get over it. I guess what im trying to say is you have to have been oppressed?, I guess, in order for your group of people to have a heritage month.

Answer 7

Double standards. It's just like you have all sorts of organizations for all non white people but where is there a European American college fund?

Answer 8

Because it would be considered racist to celebrate Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Guglielmo Marconi, Jonas Salk, and all the others who have made contributions to America.

It's such crap that being a proud Caucasian automatically lumps you in with supremacists and neo-nazis.
I'm a liberal too, mind you.

Answer 9

Every day is white history day in American schools. Most of what we teach our children are accomplishments done by a white person. We may have one small chapter on black history and the rest of the book is dedicated to white people.

Answer 10

because that would be racist! I'm White, I'm just telling it how it is in this country... No offense or anything to any color I love everybody, but how it goes is if another color says something to a white person, its funny, but if a white person says something to ANYONE its racist... just like everybody else can have your ''holidays'' or ''months'' but if they tried to do it for white people, it would be racist, just like you have minority scholarships, if they tried to do an all white scholarship (which they have) it would be considered racist (which it was) .. honestly i don't think we need a heritage month to answer your question though - and i expect to get a lot of thumbs down