[QUOTE=Explosions;27810435]More like a Racism Prevention Month. Teach people about racism in the past, why it's bad, and how to stop it. All races should be covered.[/QUOTE]
Well, I didn't understand your post is what I meant. I mean, you have a month where a culture is celebrating what they have overcome and what they have achieved, right?
Imagine if a bunch of Caucasians went around marching and cheering about what they have achieved. What inventions Thomas Edison invented, what theories Einstein came up with. You don't think people would say those 'whites' are being racist, marching around with their pro-white banners and signs?
[QUOTE=OutOfPop;27810682]Well, I didn't understand your post is what I meant. I mean, you have a month where a culture is celebrating what they have overcome and what they have achieved, right?
[b]Imagine if a bunch of Caucasians went around marching and cheering about what they have achieved. [/b]What inventions Thomas Edison invented, what theories Einstein came up with. You don't think people would say those 'whites' are being racist, marching around with their pro-white banners and signs?[/QUOTE]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_school[/url]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_school[/url]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College[/url]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television[/url]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film[/url]
No, people would say they're being redundant.
[QUOTE=Mane;27810661]Black History Month in [b]America[/b], the topic currently being discussed, refers only to people who trace much of their heritage and history back to slaves who arrived several centuries ago.
Because of all their separate cultures were essentially destroyed from the migration and subsequent enslavement and marginalization, black culture in America is a very different beast than other cultures in America.
In fact, people who are recent immigrants from Africa or the Caribbean would not identify themselves as being a "black person" in this context. They would rather identify themselves as Jamaican or Nigerian or whatever nationality they are. Ethnicity and race are not the same thing.
Say it with me now: ethnicity and race are not the same thing.
God damn, education is failing the youth of today.[/QUOTE]
I was referring to this line: [quote]but don't even fucking pretend all white people share the same culture, that's why white history month is stupid[/quote]
I just smoked yesterday with a new black family i just met
[QUOTE=Mane;27810692][url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_school[/url]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_school[/url]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College[/url]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television[/url]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film[/url]
No, people would say they're being redundant.[/QUOTE]
So you're assuming that we haven't been told about black oppression and racism in school? Because I am constantly reminded about how bad 'black' people have it all the time. So is it not redundant that I am reminded of it for a month straight every year? I understand they had it bad in the past, though I don't see what it has to do with today's youth. All the 'black' people I've seen have been treated the same as everyone else I've seen in every way, yet I am still hearing it.
my brother has a black friend named Kusama
[QUOTE=Glitch360;27810059]I hate ghetto and "gangsta" black people, but the other blacks are pretty chill[/QUOTE]
I'm also betting that you look down on people who speak in Ebonics.
My black frineds all speak ebonis. It can be hard for me to understand sometimes so I'm emmersig myself in the culture more so I cab ubderstand without always havin to ask What to retrieve a translation. Ebonix is a very fast form of English
I'm irish, where my history month.
Native Americans deserve a history month more than the black imo.
thisispain you're dumb ok bye
[QUOTE=blezzy;27813795]thisispain you're dumb ok bye[/QUOTE]
No he isn't.
To quote Morgan Freeman
"I don't want a black history month. Black history is American history."
"I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man."
The Church of England persecuted my Puritan ancestors. Where the fuck is my white history month?
[QUOTE=skynrdfan2;27807597]BLACK PEOPLE ARE GREAT WITHOUT BLACK PEOPLE WE WOULDN'T HAVE GREAT PEOPLE LIKE TH89 RIGHT? YEAH BEST MODERATOR EVER PLEASE DONT BAN ME.
I LOVE BLACK PEOPLe[/QUOTE]
Yay for BLACK PEOPLe!
[QUOTE=breakyourfac;27813772]Native Americans deserve a history month more than the black imo.[/QUOTE]
Unfortunately for them, their history is reduced to [I]just 1 day[/I]; Columbus day.
[QUOTE=OutOfPop;27810682]Imagine if a bunch of Caucasians went around marching and cheering about what they have achieved. What inventions Thomas Edison invented, what theories Einstein came up with. You don't think people would say those 'whites' are being racist, marching around with their pro-white banners and signs?[/QUOTE]
because the historical context of white isn't about race
there was no such thing as a white race back when america was first set up as a colony
there were only slaves and rich owners of slaves, the slaves were both white and black
however, the rich owners knew that if they wanted to maintain control of the slaves, they'd have to have people who could line up the slaves and keep them in check
right at that moment, there was no anglo-saxon, irish, or french as there was historically, that's when it became white vs black because the white slaves were told to hold the black slaves in line
your notions about history are utterly wrong
[QUOTE=RebeccaChambers;27807180]Nelson Mandela is a great man.[/QUOTE]
He also led an organization that blew up government buildings and killed dozens of innocent people, but he ended Apartheid so people forgive him for that.
We've done all this work in civil rights getting rid of segregation and racism and making it a point that blacks are equal human beings
and then we separate their history from ours and call it a holiday month.
I don't acknowledge this month as anything more than an example of how racism still exists in our culture today. I don't acknowledge black history apart from white history, because we're all human beings, our history is all of our history. Martin Luther King or Carl Sagan, it's not about black or white.
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nobody's posted this yet?
[img]http://pigroll.com/img/black_history_month.jpg[/img]
Okay well I'm black and i think black people get this idea of hating white people, because they were raised to think that way. Think about it though their ancestors were slaves so obviously they would hate white people. In fact a good number of them think that ALL whites are racist.
Now why do some white people hate blacks?They hate blacks because they think their savage good for nothings.
I say to you racist KKK leaders what other choice do blacks have other than to sell drugs and commit crime? After all it is the ghetto that they come from the education is terrible so how else are they going to get a job. And even if they do get out they grew up their whole life in there so its pretty much all they know how to do.
This is coming from someone who's lived in the ghetto first hand and I'm proud to say that I'm articulate and educated. No i don't want to steal your money, rape your wife, or join a gang. I'm a prime example of civilized black person.
Why do blacks get a history month and white don't? Its because blacks think they deserve one after being slaves. In my personal opinion I think either every race have a history month or none at all. It only furthers thinking that were different, but really we're all together a species.
You have no idea how long I've been wanting to get this off my chest.
The longer people go on celebrating what they were born as or raised the longer the human race remains divided.
[QUOTE=Badal;27807396][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeixtYS-P3s[/media]
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Couldn't have said it any better myself.
i had my front door kicked in and i got tied up at gun point by a bunch of black people while they stole a bunch of shit from my house
i just want you guys to know i hate niggers now
All of you owe me reparations. :colbert:
all of you owe me money for something your great-great-great-great grandpa did start poppin them bills
really black history month is retarded. as important as it is to keep people from going all racist again you have to let it go sometime
it's been 150 YEARS since slavery was banned and 40 since discrimination was made illegal. like, get over it and stop being so bitchy
Hey im 40% black and I didnt even know it was black history month.
also is there anyone on fp more black then me?
Happy Black History Month!
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