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

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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.

[TeeNage_WasTeLan...]

Growing up as a white kid, I always assumed racism was of the past. Blacks weren't segregated anymore, they had equal opportunities, even had the advantages of affirmative action and race quotas at universities. Over the past few months though I've really tried opening my eyes to different perspectives by following national news more closely and I've noticed a few things. Race DEFINITELY is still an issue in our society, especially black and white. Mexicans have garnered more attention but for different reasons. In terms of blacks and whites it seems like a drama that will never end. The newer generation of white kids, like myself, have never seen blatant racism of the past, so naturally assume its gone. The Duke scandal is a perfect example. If it were a group of black basketball players that raped a white stripper while making racial slurs (not to mention directing racial slurs at a few pedestrians) there would be ppl over the country calling for their deaths, and overall I think the response would be more outrage. I think b/c they are white it seems like nationally ppl are more like, well let's wait for the DNA tests then we will make up our minds. It's disgusting that these players would think they would get away with it and I think it just further shows that racism is still very rampant in our society, and in a way justifies the social programs implemented to help africans.