Black History Month

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Reply 20

SmashConcept

Original post by Illiberal Liberal

Do only black people get a month dedicated to them?

july =white history month

Reply 21

DiddyDec01

Original post by Ladymusiclover

Nooo, I mean sub-Saharan Africa. You only learn about Ancient Egypt.

There weren't many empires other than the Ethiopian Empire.

Lots of Kingdoms though.

Reply 22

DiddyDec01

Original post by Bupdeeboowah

But they enslaved Nubians who were black!

Almost every great civilisation has been built off the backs of slaves.

Reply 23

+ polarity -

Original post by Illiberal Liberal

Do only black people get a month dedicated to them?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hispanic_Heritage_Month - the list of holidays and observances at the bottom of the page is quite interesting, though it's specific to the US!

A wide range of all sorts of groups and awareness months for a variety of diseases :teeth:

Reply 24

Bupdeeboowah

Original post by Rk2k14

Enslaved for hundreds of years and yet people still complain when they get a month to celebrate some of their most important figures in history.

One ****ed up world.

I'm quite sure a lot of ethnicities have suffered racism and slavery throughout history. Such as the Jews, the entire Mediterranean and Europe during Roman times, and the Chinese by the Mongols during the Yuan dynasty.

I guess there should be a month for perhaps every ethnicity in the world?

Reply 25

SmashConcept

http://uproxx.com/ksk/2015/07/white-history-month-the-confederate-flag/

Reply 26

demx9

Original post by DiddyDec

Ancient Egyptians, you may have heard of them.

>Egyptians
>Black

pick one

Reply 27

DiddyDec01

Original post by demx9

>Egyptians
>Black

pick one

The poster asked for ancient African civilisations.

Reply 28

TheTruthTeller

Original post by demx9

>Egyptians
>Black

pick one

Why do you class them as mutually exclusive?

Reply 29

demx9

Original post by TheTruthTeller

Why do you class them as mutually exclusive?

well they weren't ?

Reply 30

Ndella

Could people stop detailing the thread please?

Reply 31

sdotd

what about white history month? or hindu history month? or jewish history month? or heres an idea, why not scrap these stupid months and get on with life

Reply 32

sevchenko

I see no value in Black history month. Black people are extremely diverse, there are thousands different and distinctive cultures black people are from. To sweep every black person and their respective culture under the umbrella of Black history month is absurd, ignorant and quite disrespectful.

There's no white history month, no brown history month, No East Asian history month so why should there be a black history month?

The month of October should be called African American appreciation month, I'd see the importance for it then but even then blacks weren't the only discriminated minority in America and they still aren't currently

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Reply 33

DiddyDec01

Original post by Ndella

Could people stop detailing the thread please?

Put us back on track then.

Reply 34

Souljer

Original post by Illiberal Liberal

Do only black people get a month dedicated to them?

To be fair the other 11 may aswel be called white history month

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Reply 35

Illiberal Liberal

Original post by sdotd

what about white history month? or hindu history month? or jewish history month? or heres an idea, why not scrap these stupid months and get on with life

This.

Original post by Souljer

To be fair the other 11 may aswel be called white history month

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See above.

Reply 36

Ndella

Original post by DiddyDec

Put us back on track then.

I doubt you'd care.

Reply 37

DiddyDec01

Original post by Ndella

I doubt you'd care.

I have been very good on this thread keeping it relevant.

Reply 38

demx9

Original post by Ndella

I doubt you'd care.

We do care

Reply 39

Ndella

Original post by DiddyDec

I have been very good on this thread keeping it relevant.

In talking about black people's contribution to society?

Keeping on track, I'm not one to actively celebrate black history month, but I guess I value my culture in terms of music. Been listening to a lot of jazz recently :h: