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   1/08/09

   Anok

   I would argue that until the school history books and curriculum accurately represent the whole story, then yes a minimum of one month should be required to help set the record straight.
   
   It would be far better, though, if the history of blacks in the US were taught in regular history classes.

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   1/08/09

   ArsenicCookies

   Touchy waters here... but I'll dive in. I don't think that there should be racially specific months in the US. I think the black history month and hispanic history month set the clock back in a sense. I think everyone should embrace both their own and their peers history every day. When it gets to specific months, it segregates. Does that makes sense? Like my husband is Puerto Rican, his brother said why is black history month before hispanic heritage month when we discovered x, y, & z. The history of America is everyone's history, it's a melting pot to divide it up by race, in my opinion, keeps certain tensions alive.

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      1/08/09

      lotusb

      I agree with you mostly. I don't understand the extra point that has to be made about Black people in America. All that's done is commercials and PDA announcements are made for Negro college funds, award shows, more "blackified" commercials, TV shows and such...every so often a "fun fact" will be repeated about something Blacks discovered or created...blah blah.
      
      Until they actually GIVE me 40 acres and a mule...I could really care less.
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      1/08/09

      ArsenicCookies

      lol That was funny, though I 'd argue that since technology has changed a beamer should be substituted for a mule
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      1/08/09

      lotusb

      Oh yes definately...I'll take a beamer any day. Something should be given...college tuition....a free trip to the mother land...
3. 

   1/08/09

   satijournal

   I'm celebrating by writing a song about Blind Willie Johnson. To me, black history is the history of American music... blues, jazz, soul, and rock-and-roll. And of course: the Super Soaker!

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4. 

   1/20/09

   MarMatthias

   My contribution is about my personal experiences growing up and living in a "black neighborhood"...
   
   matthiaschronicles.tanaya.net/Archives/2009/01/20/1232432263.shtml

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5. 

   1/30/09

   cmgamble

   I haven't ever thought that much about it, but at first I thought yes, but with a little further thought I wonder if its time that we as a more united America do a better job of weaving all of our histories together. There are so many different groups now that I think something gets lost with the overkill. History is history. Any black parent worth their salt will make sure that their kids know the history of their peoples, and so will hispanics, chinese, etc.

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6. 

   1/30/09

   LynneaUrania

   So where is the Asian History Month and the Latin American History Month? Where is the Transgender History Month? Lots of balancing has to be done in the consciousness of Americans. But I don't think the special months do anything to that end.

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7. 

   2/06/09

   cherchezlafemme

   I dislike how commercialized BHM has become and how certain historical figures have become synonymous with the celebration to the exclusion of so many other black Americans who have done just as great things on earth as MLK or Rosa Parks. I also hate how because of the commercialism, people of all races and backgrounds tend to tune BHM out, or worse, use it as a platform to rant about the absence of "their" month. What's even sadder is that no one really cares to about what BHM means, or the people who've come before ALL OF US to create America. It goes far beyond voting Barack Obama into the White House and sadly, most people seem to think that's the end of it all.

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