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Bartz Klauser
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i was talking about the MLK days when a large number of white guys were racist. Some people still think that every single white dude is racist (in my school) |
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Jolene
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| Dark Paratroopa wrote: | | Jolene wrote: | | Pyroclasm wrote: | This is the biggest thread I've ever made, and probably the best one for a while.
| Jolene wrote: | | Paper Peach wrote: | | I don't like the "Pacific Asian" month or "Hispanic Heritage" month because if you announced a "White History" month you racist. |
This argument in itself is rather racist.
The reason there's no White History Month is because EVERY MONTH IS WHITE HISTORY MONTH.
The purpose of Black History Month, and other history months, is to integrate different races into history, so that there doesn't have to be any kind of history month at all, because we're learning about all different races all the time in history. |
And Jolene, that statement right there is *crag*ing racist. Every month isn't White History Month, because every month is just a month, those days we do whatever. It's called "Life Month", and we've dealt with it for most of ourlives, so stop being so egocentric, and go have a nice "Life Month" |
I'm not being egocentric. I'm just speaking the truth. I guess you just found a statement that slightly irritated you and stopped reading there, not bothering to look at an explanation/rationalization for the statement, therefore not realizing the statement was meant sarcastically.
Think about it. You go into school. You learn history. What history do you learn about? ... white history. Every month. The only time you ever learn black history is... you guessed it, Black History Month. Every other month, you learn white history.
And this is a bad thing. There shouldn't have to be a Black History Month, because all the other months shouldn't have to be all about white history. We should be teaching black history alongside white history all through the year.
(However, this only holds for middle school and lower, really. In high school, the history classes fall into different categories. So, in American Studies you obviously would be learning only about what happened in America, and in Global Studies you learn about history in all countries but America, and it would make sense you'd only be learning about a specific topic. But in earlier history classes, it should definitely be integrated so you're getting the big picture.) |
Then we would need to add Hispanic History Month every month, and so on and so forth.
Basically, there is no "White History Month" because Caucasians are the majority in America. That's not to say they "control" every month, but establishing a White History Month would be sort of pointless. Not to mention the controversy it would cause...
Technically speaking, Caucasians never really had to struggle to gain their place in American society. |
... which is exactly what I said. Every month is "White History Month" because the Caucasians control the majority of everything and thus teach only their own history.
We should be taught history of all races.
SA, teaching elementary and middle school students only about their own country to "keep them patriotic" is also an incredibly asinine idea.
First of all, it doesn't take almost ten years to learn about our country, especially considering how young of a country it is. Second of all, knowing only about your country and thinking your country is the best is sticking your head in the sand and being a jingoistic asshole.
I believe it was Ambrose Bierce that once said, "Patriotism is thinking a country is the best just because you live there." |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:54 pm
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| Sumakima Josindu wrote: |
Lord Bowser owns again.
I'm siding with SA here. I'm white, and every blac---uh... African American I've met, they called me a racist just for looking at them.
ZOMG, I LOOKED AT A BLACK PERSON A LITTLE FUNNY! I MUST BE A REALLY BAD RASIST! Black people call be racial slurs and names I can't even mention on this site, I call them racists, then they call me more names, I walk away, then they call me racist for no reason... So, now, walking is racist? |
Same for me.... To a degree. But I get along with most people, regardless of their ethnicity. |
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