any_minute_man: Why do we find it necessary to have a “Black History” month?
Now before you get all bent out of shape and label me a racist, hear me out. I have no problem celebrating the accomplishments of black people. There have been countless black members of society that have made amazing contributions all throughout our nation’s history. But why have a month for it? Why not just learn about them, give them credit, and be happy that they did what they did all throughout the year. We don’t find it necessary to have an “Asian History” month, or an “Hispanic History” month, or, God forbid, a “White History” month. Since when do we simply cater to the black population. I understand that people will always feel bad about slavery. Me too. It was terrible, and awful, and atrocious, and never should have happened, and oh, by the way…IT ENDED 150 YEARS AGO! So come on, folks, seriously, let’s move on, celebrate the greatness of all people, regardless of race or gender or religion. Comments anyone?
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Its important to remember everything they went through. DO you know how much effort it took for those black people to accomplish such goals? Back in the day, it would have been impossible. Its a time to learn , appriciate and remember.
i agree with the first answer. blacks fought hard and died for their freedom not just for them but to all races worldwide.Answer by Gee
There’s a need for Black History month because black contributions were overlooked in the classroom and in history books. Oh and there is a Hispanic Heritage month. I’m pretty sure there are many others. Black history month just seems to get a lot more attention. Here’s a question for you why is that whoever decided to give black ppl a decided month to celebrate their achievements gave out the shortest month of the year? I do agree with your last statement though. But sadly it seems that we humans haven’t matured to that stage yet.Answer by Giovani
I am a white male, and since i saw the movie called AMISTAD, I can never forget it, maybe read below to recall your knowledge, if this is written, imagine the stuff that is not……………….
140 Africans begin the crossing, and 98 (including Kinte) are still alive when they arrive in Maryland. He is sold to a Virginia plantation owner who renames him “Toby,” much to his dismay. During the remainder of his life Kunta never completely gives up his dreams of freedom and trying to escape, even after part of his foot is chopped off. (After being apprehended following an escape attempt, slave catchers give him a choice to be castrated or to lose part of his foot.) He eventually marries another slave named Bell Waller and has a daughter named Kizzy (Keisa, in Mandinka/Mandingo), which in Kunta’s native tongue means to “stay put”. When Kizzy is in her late teens, she is sold away to North Carolina when her masters discover that she had written a fake traveling pass for a young slave boy she was in love with (she had been taught to read and write secretly by Missy Anne, niece to the plantation owner). Her new owner rapes her and fathers her only child, George (who spends his life with the tag “Chicken George”, due to his assigned duties). In the novel, she never learns the fate of her father and mother. She spends the remainder of her life as a field hand on the Lea plantation in North Carolina. In the miniseries, she is taken to the plantation later in life. She finds out that her mother was sold to another plantation and her father died of a broken heart four years later, in 1810. She finds his grave, where she crosses out his slave name from the tombstone and writes his real name above it.
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