slackjawed
Self deported
Not needed.
No one ever tried to HIDE the german American history in this country like they did to the blacks history
If the objective of having a black history month is to provide "affirmative action history", then your statement is correct.
If however the objective is to encourage people, especially children, to learn more about a certain segment of history, then your statement is inane and more than slightly offensive.
Oh you mean like the decades of election history in which republicans kept black people from voting in any way they could think of?
so, your the affirmative action type, even wanting a "gotcha".
Personally I would have more respect for you if you wanted to encourage more learning.
but then, I am simply not surprised at your response.
I ran into a quote by churchill that i believe will convey how I feel about black history month as a means to provide some type of "gotcha" or affirmative action;
One thing I am quite sure of, if we engage in a war of the past against the present, we will find we have lost in the future." churchill, 1938
Now if you were to ask me if I supported black history month as a learning tool, and in my capacity as a volunteer at our local school, assist the children in this endevour to learn about black history, I would say "yes, I do."