White history floods history textbooks and non-fiction works, while black and female history are underrepresented in these areas. He was the first man on the moon, yet he was Caucasian. Next, read one woman’s perspective on why Black History Month is more important than ever. Dawn Porter is a documentary filmmaker and founder of production company Trilogy Films. If we want equality, we all need to have equal privileges. I don't really pay attention to black history month because there isn't a white one! Because of my work and my interests and experiences, I am acutely aware of the need for accurate information in our media and our history books. Celibrate all forms of historys great contributors. The point of black/Hispanic/etc history months is to understand and appreciate the struggles and oppression those races went through. So please say yes to a white history month. Acknowledging that America is a multicultural society and that the accomplishments and contributions of people who are not white are real, substantial, and important is proof that the American ideals so many of us profess to value are real. And to celebrate something for black people when they haven't done anything but jack the crime rate up and there isn't a white history month is just outrageous.

If they wanna slap black on the front of it, let em celibrate that shit in Africa. I was forced to learn about the founding fathers who were only the founding fathers of rich white men, and black people through rape. It's not a "double standard" if white people (especially white males) were not oppressed, and they are never going to be oppressed. Do indians get a month about their race? Black people haven't contributed to America at all and they have a history month.

And then, I discovered Ida Wells. People still remember the British and Danish empires. The only time we ever hear a minority's side of the story is when we are being oppressed in the "Jim Bob" narrative. So if they aren't contributing to anything good and they have a history month, every other race deserves a history month, especially white people since we started America. There is absolutely no reason to give particular races special treatment for some reason.

Well, let me pose a question: Do we have White History Month?

The creation of that week was an important historical marker; its creator, Carter Woodson, was addressing Black people as much as a larger audience. Whites/Europeans are proud of their accomplishments and wish to remind their children of this.Will we be afforded this month when we become a minority in our native countries? George Washington Carver sure was a whiz with peanuts! People were lynched and killed because they had a "superior" history. Because we shouldnt even have a balck history month its giving attention to racism and is there a asian/japanise/korean/chinese history month? Martin Luther King, Jr. was the best orator of all time. Also scottish people, dutch people, Swedish people, french people, german people, italian people, and all other european nations should be included.

If we were to add the celebration of white people to we mind as well start celebrateing mexican's and Japanese and any other and all culture's, I mean we atleast could be fair with it.

AP Images “February is Black History Month.” Since the 1970s that familiar declaration has introduced countless celebrations of African American history and achievement, from Black History Minutes on local television stations to the pronouncements of U.S. presidents. And on top of that, in History class we always hear the "Jim Bob"(figuratively, the white man) side of the story For The Most Part. History is history and a lot of famous white people have died foe the right of freedom. No. The roots of Black History month can be traced to the early part of the 20th century. We have Black History MONTH!

For the record I'm not racist, I'm just stating facts. Humanity is pathetic. I don’t think we should abandon Black History Month. I mean it's all I ever read in the textbooks! We kid ourselves if we think that by designating February as Black History Month we’re really doing anything to honor African Americans or to combat racial prejudice in this country. Why would we respect that? For starters, it should probably just be called "History Month". History is not a pie; my having more does not leave you less. Just because they are the majority of a population does not mean that they should not be recognized for their achievements. To tech children about the mass genicide of the Africans, the Mayans, the olmecs, the native Americans, the Asians, and literally everywhere else which is the fault of whites people? Perhaps I wasn’t quite as smart as I thought, wasn’t quite as capable. Not politicians and warmongers and imperialists.

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A quick search with Professor Google reveals that Black History Month traces its origins back to 1926 when the aptly named Association for the Study of African American Life chose a week in February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Why We Celebrate Black History Month . I asked my friend, the noted historian and scholar Henry Louis Gates, for his thoughts on this, to which he quickly replied: “Every day should be Black History Month!” Yes, sir. I first read his moving writings in law school, at a time when I began to let feelings of self-doubt creep into my consciousness. Seriously!? Would we tech children about the KKK and Westboroh cults? But why is February designated as the month to commemorate African American history? In the exploring age, Europeans killed mass murdred and raped hundreds of thousands of people all from around the world. With the establishment of a glorious museum on the National Mall, we do not need to make the case that our contributions to American culture, science, and progress are worthy of noting and celebrating. Everyone wants to preach about wanting equality in the world but is quick to point fingers at people in both the white and black communities over who is being racist.

What do white people need a white history month for? Her film "John Lewis: Good Trouble" premieres in theaters this spring. Hmmm? We have to face head-on the untrue idea that only white people contributed substantially to our cultural, scientific, and legal advances. This is an example. So no WHM. Orphaned as a teenager, she went on to become a journalist, mother, and activist.

To dismantle this false narrative, the first place we should look is the story we tell about ourselves. Why would we have a month honoring all of that terrible stuff. There are not many instances in history where white people were oppressed, and if they were it was usually by other white people.

On the one hand, I deeply appreciate the time to intentionally celebrate the brilliant contributions to American culture and history by people who look like me.

I have some white and Indian decent and I would greatly appreciate it if they made a white history month about Europe. White people haven't been tortured through hundreds of years. Why not we make a white history month? As coach Popovich put it, “you have to keep it in front of everybody’s nose, so that they understand that it still hasn't been taken care of, and we have a lot of work to do.” This nation is so hypocritical and self-entitled. Thomas Jefferson boasted of freedom and all men being equal yet he owned slaves, and even raped one of them possibly more. There is nothing so motivating as to know that people who look like you achieved great things. My cousin was hung by the KKK in 1963 and my mom and father were paid only 1.00 a day. Black History Month needs to go away. Yeah we used them for slaves, but that's in the past. Every other month is white history month!!!!

Do mexicans? I’m a “plus…and” person. Racism will never be eliminated as long we continue to divide ourselves into categories based on race without any good reason to do so. Yeah it just brings more attention to racism. White history month will eventually happen.

Inventors, yes. Every day.

White people came across the ocean and started America.

Confining the history of an entire race of people to a 30-day period not only shortchanges the significance of those contributions, but it also allows the greater truth to be erased. Look at Africa, it's all run down and then when whites went to South Africa it started looking good. Thats why there shouldnt be a month about any race.

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Her film John Lewis: Good Trouble premieres in theaters this spring. While everybody is already aware of the accomplishments of whites, why would we need to know more if we are already knowledgeable about it?

In those 50 years, remarkable battles were hard-fought and won, including landmark Supreme Court cases such as the decision in Brown v. Board of Education requiring the desegregation of public schools, the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the other panoply of civil rights laws guaranteeing by law basic rights of full citizenship to all people, regardless of race. I wouldn't mindBut Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian history should be limited.

Before she died, my grandmother shared with me copies of her father’s sermons. He completed a very anticipated mission and should be recognized. It is important that we have a month to celebrate the achievements of our ancestors.

Not to mention do we remember the time white people had a lot of pride in themselves. Black history and white history are both the same as American history. White people are not even oppressed in the United States. Where does this leave me? Caucasians have just as much rights and respect as minorities. POC have been tortured...By white people black history month is meant to respect and honor the black people of the past for their corageous sacrifice and giving us blacks right now civil rights. Some will know his more famous brother Paul Robeson, the scholar, activist, and entertainer. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Your Privacy Controls.