The racism of black history month, v. 2.0, from white history month. Options

[sadolakced acid]

Original post:

Okay, so I am not trying to be racist or anything, but who here agrees with me that the black people are getting way more recognition than the whites?

Now we have black history month, black activists month, and negro colleges/college funds? This is just not fair.

Everyone believes that if we have a white history month then we will be racist? We aren't. Blacks are getting everything nowadays and if the white people try to put say into anything, it gets shoved back in our face as a racist comment.

I love black history and everything, but I have pride in being white and we get no recognition whatsoever? Does anyone agree with me..

And please don't say I am being racist. I live in the South for God's sake.

here's a link to the original thread:
http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=58363

things to keep in mind whilest you debate:

• there is an asain history month. and a month for whatever else you can think of, except penguins of course. penguins are discriminated against for sure.
• every month is not white history month. check out the previous thread if you want to argue- pretend you posted, and read the multitudes of responses to whenever that was posted- all 14 times.
• read the thread before posting, please. if you can't, at least read the last few pages to get a general sense of what's being argued and what's been brought up.

have a nice day, and happy debating.

[*disco infiltrator*]

Well for one I, as well as many other African Americans do not have a true sense of heritage. This is true, I am not elaborating to make my point. Whereas many caucasians and/or other immigrants have the ability to trace their roots to a definitive country, all Africans are left with is knowing they came from Africa, yet not a definite region due to the incessant break-up of families. Does this affect how I live my life? Hardly. Yet it is a repercussion of slavery that blacks do feel and that was the question. KKK was a social club. And it has turned into arguably the most notorious violence-driven hate group still in existence. What does their origin prove?

Really? Cause...I can't do that. I'm pretty white, but I have absolutely no idea what country my family was originally from. I have heritage in Germany, Austria, Poland, England, Scotland, France, Russia, and more that I don't know (so really all I know is Europe, like, a continent, kind of like Africa, another continent). Please enlighten me as to how I can figure all of this out.

Not to mention the absence of a great-grandmother in the tree, with her being outright murdered during the Holocaust.

But you know, I would have no idea what it's like to have family members who had any discrimination against them at all, and nothing is lost because of it...