Comments on: Black History Month Stupid?

By: cocktail

cocktail — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:54:21 +0000

black history month is stupid. nobody cares. white people dont run around talking about their history and even if they did black people wouldnt care. why should anyone give a crap about a history that had nothing to do with them

By: nynikki

nynikki — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:40:34 +0000

Every month is white history month. It wouldn't hurt if you knew some of the history behind the celebration, it may bring understanding. Look up Carter G. Woodson, the founder of Black History week, to get some insight. He set the week up to coincide with Frederick Douglass' birthday as a way to instill pride in his fellow Black Americans. For people who were systematically written off, it was important to know that they contributed to the betterment of society at large. The same is true today. For the record there is an Asian History Month and a Latino History Month for the same reasons.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:18:30 +0000

Where is white history month? To ignore the fact the whites, asians, hispanics, jews catholics and christians (all minorities) haven't done a great deal or been through hard times is ignorant. If you need a month where our teachers (white teachers, asian teachers, all teachers) educate our young and our seasoned minds about "black history" then that just shows you are too lazy to spread your history to other people.

"I don’t think white people should ever question Black History Month, they just don’t get it." What don't I get about a selfish, Batantly Racist "Holiday" in which for the whole month My TV is littered with points in Mostly American History of AMAZING things black people have done. When in truth half the things they honor wouldn't even rate an Honorable mention if it were any other time of the year.

We "whites" just don't get it because we (or any other race) has been babied and carried as much as you "blacks"

By: oooeeedog

oooeeedog — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:44:00 +0000

Thankyou!!! This actually made sense. I thoroughly and absolutely agree with you.

By: Xan

Xan — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:00:57 +0000

why in the fuck are grown enlightened black people supposed to give a moldy shit what this silly little ofay adolescent thinks about Black History? he's not even conscious or aware enough to truly have an opinion about anything with the word “black” in it, except maybe his hair.

does this really even require a discussion? we know what it is.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:31:02 +0000

you've never had anyone really teach you the history- thats why you dont think its important. Black history is so much more than slavery and civil rights- just like american history is more than just the american revolution and the civil war. There are so many more relevant figures than the ones you named- which are the ones that most kids learned about. The N-word is unacceptable to anyone has a true understanding of where black people have been and what we are striving to be. Ignorant is not that.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:25:36 +0000

This dude isn't racist, but he is a bit naive. I agree that black history is american, but there are so many white americans who do not care include where blacks were at during each portion of american histry. same goes for hispanics. Mexicans didn't just show up in the last few years, but what was their experience in the 1920s or 1950s? Until school systems incorporate our stories into history books and require that it be taught along side all the other historical moments- we need black history month!

By: cherishcarver08

cherishcarver08 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:25:38 +0000

I think he is right to a point. I personally hated getting taught black history in one month and then taught all other kinds of history every other month. We would also go over the same people. It wasn't till I was in my late teens that I myself seen the other people who impacted history just as much as the big names.
I do think the month is still needed though because there are white people who don't know any of this information of black history or people and they need the exposure.

By: M.Y.

M.Y. — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:38:30 +0000

Some people are ignorant, and when I say they are ignorant i'm not saying it to be insulting but to say that they just don't know. Personally, I feel that Black History Month is just not enough, and relying on all black people to do their own research and learn about their history is a shot in the dark because to us if it is not important at the moment we take very little care to it. I think that we need our own black history channel dedicated to nothing but teaching us our history kind of similar to the History Channel but giving us history about our culture, our inventors, a more in dept look into the civil rights movement, jim crow laws, and slavery to name a few. As for the video, you will always have nay sayers in life the best thing is to appreciate their opinions and keep it moving.

By: b says

b says — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:46:38 +0000

I for one can appreciate Black History Month but at the same time, I believe it gives some people of color excuses as to why they arent doing big things. Im sick of hearing “the white man held us down”. Most of us dont even know if our grands or great grands were slaves, and even if they were then what does that have to do with now? People need to be held accountable for their actions and grow up, take responsibility, and stop blaming the white man for every single problem in their lives. They are the ones making our black leaders accomplishments seem as if they were done in vain.