****** Hispanic Heratige Month ******

[Tracy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqsrq34qDyk


Personally I don't think there should be Black history month or Hispanic history month or white history month or.......... I think we should all be taught REAL AMERICAN history in school (*dreaming*). America is supposed to be a melting pot (in modern times). MLK didn't want Blacks to "get ahead" of other races...he wanted EQUALITY for them. He didn't want one race to stick out over another here in America. The problem with Black history month and Hispanic history month and BET and the United NEGRO fund, etc. is that it makes one race stand out over another and that is not what America is supposed to be about. If we were talking about utopia for the idea of America, we would all be taught real history in school and everyone would be on an equal playing field. I know it's not going to happen anytime soon, especially with ignorance still running rampant, but things like "so and so history month" don't help people understand that we should all be treated equally according to our foundation. All of us have rights now-a-days. Use them. Do things like get out there and vote. Educate yourself on your gov't and try to make a change that way. Ranting about your opinion on a chat forum doesn't do anything very productive. Not that i expect anyone on IA to be doing anything productive by posting here, but you get the point.

[mxglory258]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqsrq34qDyk


Personally I don't think there should be Black history month or Hispanic history month or white history month or.......... I think we should all be taught REAL AMERICAN history in school (*dreaming*). America is supposed to be a melting pot (in modern times). MLK didn't want Blacks to "get ahead" of other races...he wanted EQUALITY for them. He didn't want one race to stick out over another here in America. The problem with Black history month and Hispanic history month and BET and the United NEGRO fund, etc. is that it makes one race stand out over another and that is not what America is supposed to be about. If we were talking about utopia for the idea of America, we would all be taught real history in school and everyone would be on an equal playing field. I know it's not going to happen anytime soon, especially with ignorance still running rampant, but things like "so and so history month" don't help people understand that we should all be treated equally according to our foundation. All of us have rights now-a-days. Use them. Do things like get out there and vote. Educate yourself on your gov't and try to make a change that way. Ranting about your opinion on a chat forum doesn't do anything very productive. Not that i expect anyone on IA to be doing anything productive by posting here, but you get the point.

Pretty much my thoughts, with considerably more vulgarity.

[Tracy]

Pretty much my thoughts, with considerably more vulgarity.

I don't necessarily agree with a lot of what you are saying or at least I don't agree with the way you made it come across.

My views are equality for everyone and that means EVERYONE who is here in the US as a citizen. I think if you are here illegally, then you need to find a way to be here LEGALLY. There are plenty who have accomplished it the right way. I don't have a problem with immigrants. I happen to enjoy multicultural things in my life. I just think there is a right and a wrong way to do things. I feel that there are rules and policies in place for a reason in our country. I don't really agree with our current president, but I didn't vote, so who am I to bitch about how our country is run. I will, however, be voting at this next election. I don't feel like our generation is represented because they just don't get out and vote. It really has nothing much to do with anything except that young people will be young people. No matter how much to tell them anything when they are young...they probably won't listen until they get older and wiser and have experience.

[gtikid]

I don't necessarily agree with a lot of what you are saying or at least I don't agree with the way you made it come across.

My views are equality for everyone and that means EVERYONE who is here in the US as a citizen. I think if you are here illegally, then you need to find a way to be here LEGALLY. There are plenty who have accomplished it the right way. I don't have a problem with immigrants. I happen to enjoy multicultural things in my life. I just think there is a right and a wrong way to do things. I feel that there are rules and policies in place for a reason in our country. I don't really agree with our current president, but I didn't vote, so who am I to bitch about how our country is run. I will, however, be voting at this next election. I don't feel like our generation is represented because they just don't get out and vote. It really has nothing much to do with anything except that young people will be young people. No matter how much to tell them anything when they are young...they probably won't listen until they get older and wiser and have experience.