Am I the only person who doesn't like Black History Month?
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They have one month a year to honor famous black people throught history..who care? Thoughtout normal history classes youll get your fair share of famous white people.
I believe we should learn history, and not take any favorites. If you look through American history you will find Native Americans, Asians, Africans, and Indians. Their there, no one ever looks hard enough. It's also just the horrible fact that the African American race is a minority and was kept down for the past 20 decades. When compared to Caucasian's 200 years of inventing and discovery, African American history seems mediocre
This. Slavery should no longer be an issue. Yes it was a terrible thing, yes the facts of it should still be taught. No, white people do not owe decedents of slaves any reparations. No they should not feel bad because of what their great-great-great-grandparents did. Those people living back then already paid a pretty hefty price during the Civil War. I'm not saying it balanced it all out but between that and the 100+ years of time elapsed, it shouldn't be an issue.CM156 said:
On a side note, I have to think I'm not the only one who finds it a bit amusing that the shortest month of the calender year is BHM.
I'm white. My ancestors were sent to Barbados as slaves. Where the fuck is my month?
In any case, I don't really care about BHM one way or the other. I only get irked when people are FORCED to give a shit about it. In schools, most students are FORCED to do research on various people and commend them for their contribution to society simply based on the color of their skin. Nobody gives a shit about Darwin, Einstein, The Beatles, or Andy Warhol because they were white...people give a shit about them because they're important. Pointing out that someone's skin isn't white AND making the claim that they did something important is basically the equivalent of "Look, that person did something important, but he's BLACK. Isn't that weird?"
I personally know lots of black drug dealers and homeless people. Should I seriously spend a month congratulating them for enduring their struggles and what their brethren did? Fuck no, because they're shitty people, and it has nothing to do with the color of the skin.
In any case, I don't really care about BHM one way or the other. I only get irked when people are FORCED to give a shit about it. In schools, most students are FORCED to do research on various people and commend them for their contribution to society simply based on the color of their skin. Nobody gives a shit about Darwin, Einstein, The Beatles, or Andy Warhol because they were white...people give a shit about them because they're important. Pointing out that someone's skin isn't white AND making the claim that they did something important is basically the equivalent of "Look, that person did something important, but he's BLACK. Isn't that weird?"
I personally know lots of black drug dealers and homeless people. Should I seriously spend a month congratulating them for enduring their struggles and what their brethren did? Fuck no, because they're shitty people, and it has nothing to do with the color of the skin.
ChildofGallifrey said:
morgan freeman is such a boss in that video, seen it so many damn times in the past couple years.Frozen Donkey Wheel2 said:
OT: I agree its basically reverse racism and i'm forced to consequent the fact that none of my ancestors were even over here when it happened nor were they in heaven themselves (Irish/polish), so why should I feel so bad and be automatically to blame for something other "white" people did back in the day?
Wow man, he was saying he didn't like black history month and you somehow managed to turn his words around and make him look like some sort of black supremacist. P.S. All supremacy is wrong white, black or asshole as you illustrated with your rude and ignorant post.SaintWaldo said:
Pretty much this. My family didn't even come to America until near the start of the Russian revolution. My other half came even LATER from Italy, my grandfather being the first of his family to be born in the States.
But I'm white so I must be a racist if I despise the idea of culture guilt and the like. Yes, bad shit happened to a race, but it's not my fault, nor is it my job to compensate their ANCESTORS (not even them) for that loss.
I'm a woman and women have been treated like shit for all of time. I don't go and demand special treatment from men just because of that. Hell, my family is Jewish too. Should I demand that all Germans treat me different just because some of their ancestors were manipulated into believing that their problems could be pinned on a group of people?
Seriously, I do love the people who talk about how much they've suffered because they're race suffered some injustice in the past. If your life actually sucks, then stop blaming other people and change it for yourself. That's how we get shit like slavery abolished and establish women's rights.
But I'm white so I must be a racist if I despise the idea of culture guilt and the like. Yes, bad shit happened to a race, but it's not my fault, nor is it my job to compensate their ANCESTORS (not even them) for that loss.
I'm a woman and women have been treated like shit for all of time. I don't go and demand special treatment from men just because of that. Hell, my family is Jewish too. Should I demand that all Germans treat me different just because some of their ancestors were manipulated into believing that their problems could be pinned on a group of people?
Seriously, I do love the people who talk about how much they've suffered because they're race suffered some injustice in the past. If your life actually sucks, then stop blaming other people and change it for yourself. That's how we get shit like slavery abolished and establish women's rights.
Being a dominican american, "which is funny because people often lump me in with African descent" black history month means nothing to me.
No more than regular history.
I can see the argument for hanging a lantern on your problems, but why have a Black history month when you should be studying it year round with all...other... HISTORY.
could be me.
maybe I'm wrong.
TL/DR Black history and other history are all HISTORY.
No more than regular history.
I can see the argument for hanging a lantern on your problems, but why have a Black history month when you should be studying it year round with all...other... HISTORY.
could be me.
maybe I'm wrong.
TL/DR Black history and other history are all HISTORY.
I came from the Midlands, moved down south.brownstudies said:
In Birmingham, black people are proud of being 'black'.
Unknown to me, I called black people 'black' down south. Apparently they shoot you for that. I don't know what Londoners would prefer themselves to be called, but in Birmingham, I think they would knock you down for calling them 'coloured'.
And I don't believe in that 'Afro-Carribbean' bullshit. What if they're not from Africa or the Carribbean? What if they're third or fourth generation British? People only need to be indentified by the skin colour now when they need to be identified. That sounds silly, I know, but you only need to call a person by their skin colour to help a missing persons report or to narrow down a person in the crowd.
Otherwise they're just "Frank" or "Lucy" or whatever their name is.
