Adrianne Curry: “Boycott Black History Month!”

this is the dumbest **** ever..your all racist how about that..

if you have posted something about what someone else saidon here then you yourself are ignorant, get over yourself..sooo fake

#41, you’re being ridiculous.

“Secondly, the reason we have a black history month is because our history has not been documented in any of America’s history books. Our achievements and contributions to American and the world were deliberately excluded from the history of this country. As a result Black History Month was created to teach (young) black people about our race and our contributions to society.”

That is a complete and utter lie. Everything about that statement is wrong. The achievements and contributions of the black race has been WELL documented in today’s American history books, so saying the history has not been documented in ANY of America’s history books is plain false. They most certainly were not deliberately excluded from the history of this country. Obviously if a Black history month was created, that’s an attempt in itself to spread knowledge of the history of black people. My school was predominately white and we learned all about the contributions of Rosa Parks, MLK, Frederick Douglass, George Washington Carver, Jackie Robinson, Harriet Tubman, BB King, and MANY others. When you say that Black History Month was created to teach young black people about your race and your contributuions to your society, that’s also wrong. Black History Month was created to enlighten EVERYONE about black history, not just young black people. In trying to sound intelligent and sophisticated, you’ve made yourself come off to be a complete idiot.

“Finally, a great philosohper once said something to this affect a little knowledge is worst than no knowledge. Be informed before you speak on topics of historical relevance because to do so is no simple task.”

If I were you, I’d take my own advice.

To everyone else: the debate on Black History month has been going on for years. The creator of “Negro History Month”, Carter Woodson, hoped it would be eliminated once African-American history was fully integrated with American history. Stop using Adrienne Curry as a scapegoat, she’s arguing a point that many have argued before her.

@ 15 asian girl

do your research beFORE posting stupid sh!t that you no nothing about b!tch! BET WAS CREATED BECAUSE MTV DIDN’T WANT ANY BLACK PEOPLE ON THEIR NETWORK. IT WAS ONLY WHEN MICHAEL JACKSON CAME OUT, THEY STARTRD TO CHANGE AND THAT WAS ONLY BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY COULD CAN MAKE MONEY OFF OUR black ASSes!!!

ARIANNA CURRY or what that crackhead wh@re’s name is NEED TO SIT HER CLOWN ASS THEY *** DOWN BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY DON’T KNOW WHAT THE *** SHE IS TALKING ABOUT, SHE SOUND SUPER FUKING IGNORant. black people are not the only ones with their own network..asians, latinos, italians and other ethnic groups have their own networks and indivial months as well, i don’t hear her white ass complaining about those!

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Why it took MTV so long to play black music videos
Jet, Oct 9, 2006
Music TeleVision (MTV) hit America’s airwaves with a sonic boom 25 years ago. The pioneering cable television network also received a deafening tongue-lashing from a super ticked Rick James, who publicly declared it “blatant racism” when MTV refused to air his Super Freak video and other videos by Black artists because they didn’t fit the network’s rock-dominated format.

“A lot of Black asses are going to come together and explode on MTV,” James said in 1983. “There are no Blacks on MTV’s program list except for Tina Turner, and she stopped being Black about 10 years ago. MTV puts on little White punk groups who don’t even have record deals. Blacks are missing exposure and sales.”

Modeled after Top 40 radio, MTV’s video playlist had a meager few Black videos in 1981. Most of its early videos came from England where music videos were already common.

Eddy Grant, Musical Youth and Joan Armatrading were some of the Black artists from that country whose videos were shown during MTV’s inception. Tina Turner, Jon Butcher Axis, The Bus Boys and Donna Summer were some of the other Black artists whose videos were shown because their music fit the format.

James, whose music helped define “punk funk,” fought for two years to have more Black videos shown on MTV. ABC’s “Nightline” featured his much publicized crusade. But the outspoken performer, who died in 2004, became agitated because it seemed as though he was on the battlefield’s front line alone.

I totally agree. I dont see any reason that there should be a seperate month for African Americans. I think that it would be great to have a month that is for ALL Americans! I mean there is already MLK Day and I know that he was a GREAT man but, he wasn’t even a President and he gets his own day. Ab Lincoln was the one that gave slaves there freedom but, we dont have a special day for him, we have the have a day that is for ALL Presidents there is not one that gets his own day. That is just my 2 cents.

Why do black people post in all caps?

We know you like to cry. It’s implied.

Grow up. Your “month is a joke. This chick said out loud what everyone else says behind your backs already. While laughing.

@ 257 THAT PREJUDICE RIGHT THERE..WHY DO BLACK PEOPLE LIKE TO WRITE IN CAPS?? HOW DO YOU SAY THAT DO YOU KNOW ALL BLACK PEOPLE??

Not to mension the fact that “blacks” can have a college that is ALL black, they can have a pagent that is ALL black, and they can have radio stations and tv shows but, if us “whites” decide that we want to have an all white beauty pagent then there is a BIG problem. If we wanted to have anything that was just for whites there is a prolem. I think that MOST, not ALL blacks are rascist againest the whites and other races because they feel that the world owes them something bc they had family memebers that might have been slaves, GET OVER IT that was NOT us that was many many moons ago! I for one and tired of paying for what our generation did not have anything to do with. I have alot of black friends so I dont want people to say that I am againest the black community because I am NOT but, I do think that sometimes the black people in American think that they are owed soemthing. YOU ARE NOT!

The sad truth is that she is not alone with her thoughts and feelings. The awful truth is that while segregation may no longer be legal, it is still a very prevalent issue. We can hide, we can ignore it, but the statistics in the job market and in education do not lie.

One channel on a system of hundreds in no way signifies the end of an issue that let me think back, was still an issue in the 50’s. While we may be nearly 30 to 40 years out from that era, we as African Americans can not forget nor do we want to forget.

As for the comments concerning other races and religions not being heard: This is your time to speak up! Make your voices heard. If you feel that you are among the forgotten, start writing letters to your politicians, start electing officials that want to address your issues.

Ignorance is no longer bliss: Curry…. What can anyone say about someone who is trying to make a name for herself. Get over herself, educate herself and those around her on facts, not just pure feeling and emotion.

In my post (#253) I meant number 46 not 41. Sorry!

I am going to try not to gt to upset or get on a soap box. But I will say this EVERY other month is white history month. ALL we do in History class is discuss “white” history. We dont even do “black” history in February anymore. And organization that benifit a certain race is not racist its, unfortunately, necessary.

KIMMIE

THE MOJORITY OF YALE, HARVARD, AND NOTRE DAME IS WHITE! SO SAVE THAT SH*T TO!

Preach Aeon!

lovely, you make valid point.

1.) Historically black colleges exist from when African-Americans were denied education in white institutions.

2.) MTV should have been called ‘WET’ when they refused to play videos by black artists.

3.) Black people complain and play the race card because racism still exists! Until you’re called a ****** or experience social injustice because of your race, you will never understand what it is like to black or any other minority for that matter.

4.) Slavery still affects people. All races have experienced racism, but there are studies that prove African-Americans are still the most affected by racism and slavery in America.