Adrianne Curry: “Boycott Black History Month!”

She doesn’t seem to understand that along with the horrors of slavery there are other reasons Black -Americans feel as they do. For one thing, our families during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s continued to be treated unjustly in their own country. This attitude was insidious and based solely upon one thing, race…the color of one’s skin. Prior to the 1960s, the Supreme Court had determined that segregation was an accepted policy and condition in which to live, instead of being viewed as immoral and unjust. Unless you have walked in my shoes, it’s impossible for you to understand what I feel. Adrianne has not walked in mine as a young Black-American woman, therefore, she can never comprehend what I experience on a daily basis. Although I may not know first hand the suffering of my African ancestors, I do know what my grandparents had to deal with as they attempted to educate their children and maintain gainful employment during this time in our history. Just like Jews, it’s important for Black -Americans not to forget the abuse and atrocities that happened in this country, so we can learn from them. This was passed down to me and my siblings and we will continue the family legacy with future generations.

As a teacher, I celebrate Black History Month, White History Month( the only history taught on a daily basis from the curriculum) Latino Awareness Month, Asia Awareness Month, and any other ethnic group I may have in my classroom. Although I may understand vaguely Adrianne’s premise of one America, I find it imperative that we celebrate and embrace our differences instead of pretending they don’t exist.

Since only one racial group was mentioned in her post, I thought a little exposure to some of the other educational opportunities being offered, could broaden her personal knowledge base. Scholarships and educational opportunities exist for dozens of ethnic groups not just Black-American students:

Albanian, Creole, and Manchurian Fund
Japanese American Citizens League
La Unidad Latina Foundation
The Salvadoran American Leadership and Educational Fund
Scholarships through the McDonald’s Hispanic American Commitment to Education
Big corporations like Microsoft also award ethnic scholarships
Xerox awards the Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship
McDonald’s provides scholarships through the McDonald’s Hispanic American Commitment to Education Resources.
Check with regional or national offices of churches. The United Methodist Church provides Ethnic Scholarships each year
Asian American Journalists Association Scholarship
Minority Geoscience Student Scholarship
National Society of Black Engineers
Financial Aid for Native American Students
Laguna Education Foundation (Native American)

It would help in the future if Adrianne researched her topic, so she doesn’t look so ill-informed and uneducated.

VH1 40 Dumbest Quotes Ever? This idiot is one of the guest commentors on it. VH1, do you hear me?

I am black and I can see Adrian’s point that we should celebrate all races. Black History month and BET were stated when black really didn’t have any platform to celebrate out heritage. It’s crazy to celebrate BET and Black History month, like anyone cares or will miss her anyway.

Here’s the list of Heritage months:
February African American History Month
March National Women’s History Month
May Asian Pacific American Heritage and Older Americans Month
September National Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15)
November National American Indian Heritage Month

Correction…I meant to say it’s crazy to boycott BET and Blacnk History Month.

AND the bigget thing she has ever done in life was “bag her Brady” .

She’s not even black. BET and Black History month will not miss her.

why are we still talking about this D-list celebrity??

I came across this post of adrianne who ever the “F” she is, and found it to be absolutely stupid. How dare you try and touch on a race whom you have no relation to. You trying to unite the races is a good thing, but you can not erase history and the struggles that certain races went through. There are still people living today who experienced racism to the highest extent and you want to act like racism ended a thousand years ago? Hell no! Blacks are not the only race with their own stations, you have telemundo, and alot of stations to the like, the problem is that most people tune into BET because it is actually a good station. If you drop BET you should drop all of the spanish speaking networks and so on, because as you said, we should all be considered one race. But………what makes the white race the best race? Why can’t every day be mexican day or black day? America is built on diversity and if you don’t like that maybe you should move to some secluded country like china, that way you can really feel equal. I always knew that you were ignorant, just not to this extent. As being a college student I know that there are scholorships for all races including whites, asians and whoever else you felt like got excluded. There are scholorships for having blue eyes, and not too many races have blue eyes………..but I know one that does. This is america, built on the blood, sweat and tears of many races, some more than the others, so while you are talking sh*t about black people acknowledging their history maybe you need to sit down and, I don’t know……..read a book, and realize why we do the things we do. They teach american history all of the time, but they never really include any of the african americans or mexicans, or asians, or chinese or any other race that have made this country what it is today. You can sit there and claim that you are not racist as long as you want, but it you weren’t you wouldn’t single out the black race. why not talk about cesar chavez, or the chinese customs that are acknowledged here?

If you want to stop racism, stop the white supremist groups from calling us “NIggers” stop them from hating jews, stop them from belittling the role that mexicans play in our country. Do all of this and maybe one day I will see your point of view.

rock on sister

If the failed “Top Model” has issues about the perception that BET is targeting towards a Black market then she needs to really take a look at American TV/cable. BET is owned by Time-Warner. Hispanics have at least 22 stations, the Asians have several and the Russians have several. There is only 1 Black owned cable show it is called “One.”

She is a model, why take her seriously????

I can understand and see both sides of this issue…however I am more partial to Adrien’s comments. The reason for this is simply because (and it has been said before) by singling out a race you are only keeping racism alive. Let’s think about it this way….you are flipping threw your cable network channel and see “White entertainment television” ….I’m sure there would be a number of angry viewers….What was so wrong with MTV that there was a need to create another music channel and throw the color card in the name? CMT is country music television, MTV is just plain MUSIC television….do they not play ALL types of music? Was that not good enough? Why not call BET RRTV…for Rap and RandB? Why single out that type of music to a color of skin or a type of people?
There may be months where other racist are celebrated however…our school systems don’t recognize those months now do they? I hate to break it to people but reverse rasisim exists today much more than rasisim does. Reverse racism…..meaning that people of one race assume those of another are racist before finding out and are there for being resist themselves.
Our idea of history should change….to AMERICAN history in which EVERYTHING and EVERYONE is learned about …so maybe this means changing the history books.
The last thing i have to say about Black history month is this….I believe our children should learn about all the contribations made my African Americans as well as I do any other race in America…..however the school systems where I am from have taken black history month to an extreme. I know this because both of my children have come home VERY upset that “we” are bad people because “we” are white and we hurt black people ect. Now i don’t know about you….but anyone i know who was involved with slavery is passed and i had nothing to do with it…. Slavery was a part of life…a way of life back then. I am not saying it was right…however it was not done only in America…it was done all over the world to many many different races. Thankfully for the most part it does not exist today as it did then…and the stigmas that came with it would be long gone if only we would let it be.

@lula29: @LOVE ANGELINA:

There was never any comment made that suggested that African Americans were involved in the slaughter of more than THOUSANDS of Native Americans in America.

You don’t have anything? You have all of the same opportunities that I do and I am white. We’ve been going to school the same amount of time…with the same opportunities….and aside from that there are quite a few MORE opportunities that you have today than I do. Being there are foundations for only black people, scholarships, grants, and let’s not forget equal opportunity programs.

@LOVE ANGELINA:
Yes white people and predominantly white schools do celebrate black history month….and yes they celebrate in two completely different ways….I know because I have been to both. From Northern Cali where it was predominantly white to North Carolina where it is predominantly black….i have seen the difference in the way schools teach and celebrate black history month.

There is nothing in-factual about what she is saying. At least what her general point is saying. To point out ones race as a form of separating is by definition racism. Calling Obama the first black president (when he is actually half black) is racism. By acknowledging he is black, you are separating him, even if to praise him for his accomplishments.
Black Entertainment Television perpetuates a separation of entertainment, marketing, and acknowledgment. To participate in that station is to further divide by race. While this form of racism seems harmless and not like racism at all, it is the worst because it is accepted and considered normal.
Black History month in turn does the same thing by lifting only the actions of a certain race. It would be one thing if it was African Heritage Month. Celebrating nationalities or geographical pride is much different then celebrating a race. Racism, I’m afraid, will always exist. Especially if Black History Month remains on our calenders.