Black History Month Options

[fameONE]

There was a Martin Luther King observance today, held in one of Saddam's old palaces. I stood in the crowd, amidst a swarm of White people, while another White person uncomfortably spoke about the Civil Rights movement. The whole thing made me feel uneasy. I love being Black, I'm proud to be a young Black man and I'm proud of those who have fought courageously for equality. But there's something about Black History Month and this forced recognition of the Black figures of history that doesn't sit right with me.

Am I buggin'?

[brooklyneast05]

yeah i find things like that very awkward. sorta like being in class when we discuss anything having to do with slavery or the civil rights movement, i feel like every white kid around me is all the sudden taking note of me sitting there


i feel the same though lots of times about the mandatory celebration we have to have. i don't know that i feel we should have to force people to celebrate or learn about black history. just like i don't get why we can't learn black history 12 months of the year like we do white history i've yet to be in a history class though that we dedicated more than an awkward week to learning about slavery and such. sorta like how i've never really been in a world history class that wasn't focused in european history and ignored africa, china, south america, ect, you know, every where non white.


edit:

and where is malcolm x day

[fameONE]

yeah i find things like that very awkward. sorta like being in class when we discuss anything having to do with slavery or the civil rights movement, i feel like every white kid around me is all the sudden taking note of me sitting there
i feel the same though lots of times about the mandatory celebration we have to have. i don't know that i feel we should have to force people to celebrate or learn about black history. just like i don't get why we can't learn black history 12 months of the year like we do white history i've yet to be in a history class though that we dedicated more than an awkward week to learning about slavery and such. sorta like how i've never really been in a world history class that wasn't focused in european history and ignored africa, china, south america, ect, you know, every where non white.

The catch-22 of all this is being aware of this and pointing it out. If you make this known, no matter how well you prove your point, you're an 'angry Black man who is ungrateful.' If you stay silent, you're doing yourself and what you represent a major injustice.

edit// Malcolm X day would involve that hood shit. And I'm not talking about stick up kids and small time drug dealers, nah. I'm talking about Carbon 15s, Molotov Cocktails and some of that gutter shit.

editx2// It's probably better we don't have a Malcolm X day.