Adrianne Curry: “Boycott Black History Month!”

bataglio: I’m not necessarily talking about African Americans i’m from Australia and here our indigenous people are still being oppressed and it largely goes unrecognised by much of the population. There are very big issues regarding health (on average they die 17 years earlier than the rest of the population), their treatment while in custody, access to facilities, acknowledgement of their cultures and heritage, native land rights…the list just goes on and on. It is issues like this that must be resolved before we can all be united as one. In terms of America, for many African Americans, a system of oppression exists through the education system. If schools in certain communities (particularly the ghettos) are not equally subsidised for education, students are less likely to get into college and so earn a higher wage as an adult and so remain in a lower class of society. It is ignorant people who refuse to acknowledge these apparently inherent differences that prevent them being resolved.

do people know that the entire world doesn’t revolve around America?

just wondering

We should ban Saint Patrick’d Day If you want to celebrate your Irish heritage go to Ireland .

Also, this is a most salient point:

“What happened to the African American community was AMERICAN HISTORY, not BLACK HISTORY.”

I don’t know who she is but I agree!

Everyone is the same and with Black History Month, it’s separating everyone’s race. It’s not right! Black people have come a long way since Martin Luther King spoke his mind and I applaud them but it’s just not right. It’s about time our society joined together and stop breaking all these races together with silly things like Asian History Month or Black History Month!

She’s got a point. Somewhere. Maybe instead of singling out one particular race - there could be something like Compassion Month, where all races are obliged to show compassion to each other.

We should never forget injustices committed, but to continue to separate people is to perpetuate the racist discriminatory thinking that allows the majority groups in power to remain there, and the “minority” groups to remain as such.

lol did this woman even go to school?? did she ever crack open her history book?? obviously not, cuz then she would know why there’s a black history month.

things always get nutty when the “race card” is brought up. i think im going to stay out of this one.

Obviously this woman do not have a historical grasp or the perspective on race in it’s proper context.

Firstly, one cannot speak about one race then bring in all of the other races by saying this race is mistreated theirfore they deserve to have a certain status over another race. Black people as a race until forty years ago (1967) were still being lynched, they were not allowed to vote, they were still excluded from living in certain areas ( and that is still the case in most places in America today) they still make less than other Americans, and they are still disporportionatley sentenced by the criminal justice system need I continue. There are more black people in jail than any other people in America. Read about the Jena 6 and many more cases that target young black men for harsher punishment when they come in front of the criminal justice system.

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 deliberaely 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.

Thirdly, our race was enslaved for over four hundred years. No other race has been held in slave for half that amount of time. It is black slave labour that build up this country from the south and up. I am not sure if you are aware but slave labour means without pay. So Black people and generations upon generations of blacks worked for over four hundred years without pay to build America, Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Canada, France, Italy. You name the country African slaves worked and died building up their economies.

Fourth, I do not think someone such as yourself with your basic miseducation has the right to disrespect my race, my people and our contributions to this country and the world. Please remember that for hundreds of years during and after slavery and still many many years after the emancipaion of slavery in the middle 1800’s blacs not allowed to attend schools it was against he law in most staes in this country for a black person to be educated.

As well we as a race were terriorized by the Klu Klux Klan who were sanctioned by American lawmakers for many many years into the 19th century.

I am tempted to forgive you for your rant about this issue under the guise of caring about all people and write it off to ignorance but I am gathering that your purpose for writint this piece is coming from a place of publicity seeking. It is wrong to continue to perpetuate one injustice in order to advance your own personal goals.

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.

Walk Good.

She’s right.

You racist pricks are wrong.

I think black people are whinning to much. First they say they want to be equal, but wait we need our own history month and tv station. SO wait you want to be equal, but want your own stuff. I don’t get it. Where’s southern history month. I want to learn about my heritage. I want to learn about my suffering. Not yours. Black people need to get over. It has been long enough that they should move on. I am sick of the crap.