Quote Originally Posted by tightflks

and whats wrong with black history month (i'm not black) when white history is taught every other damn month, if anything having that month just trivializes all that **** cause thats the only time it matters apparently, that one month

truth. in schools, why is it that we learn european history to such an extent, but the histories of other peoples/cultures is barely touched upon? we all learn that the pilgrims came here to build a new life, had a picnic with the "indians", and things were happy after that. we all know thats not true. what 'black history' and all the other things of the sort do is try to even out the lies that are taught to children in our schools, and remind people that there was much struggle to get where we are today as a nation. not everybody has the same history, but thats the story you get in grade school. I know damn well my forefathers didn't come over here on the mayflower, same for lots of others. believe it or not, there were other people here before the white invasion, and history of north america is not all-inclusive of what happened all over the world.