Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Not black history, American history.

Yes I am black. Yes, I (unfortunatly) still think it is neccessary to have black history month but I hate it.
I would love for us to think about it as American history. Then we could incorporate famous figures and events in there appropriate points on the historical timeline and learn about them when we are studying that time period. While we are at it we could insert the much overlooked and ignored women and other people of color who have been a part of shaping American history but are missing or breezed over in our history books. I really don't think this is asking too much and without this we are being deprived of the true story.







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