Racism can happen against any race, not just against minorities.

Why is it that being proud of being white so bad. The white pople of today owe the blacks absolutly NOTHING. Suffering of blacks ended a long time ago, i'm sorry get over it. I do belive that if blacks can have a ebony club we should have an ayran club as well. I'm not white power but i'm proud of being white.The jews have been persecuted for 1000's of years but you don't hear them complaining do you? They had it far worse than blacks. The black people of today need to get a grip , African americans are far more racist than whites. MOVE ON. Just be equal if i can see past your black skin can't you see through my white skin. Were all pink on the inside,we all bleed the same way.

Yes minorities are racist too. I find it very interesting when whites say well we dont have white entertainment television or white history month. Get real people! Being white we have all felt very comfortable with watching television because hello every channel is the white channel! We all know that we can flip through every channel and find 95% of the people on there to be white. And please tell me when you read about history who do you read about?? WHITES!! because whites were the only people who actually counted and did anything simply because minorities were not allowed to. So I'm pretty sure having on month out of 12 dedicated to blacks isn't going to kill anyone. People just arent thinking about things...think about places to shop almost everywhere in the malls sells clothes that white people would shop for. Think about music...a white kid can listen to black music and thats acceptable but if a black kid were to listen to country he would get made fun of. There are so many ways in which blacks are still discriminated today but society and the government try to shape our minds to believe that we are all equal and i'm sorry to inform you that we are not!

I personally would never want a "White History Month" or a "United Caucasian College Fund" or any of that bullshit. I am "white" by skin color only. I do not condone, accept, or praise the actions of the past that were performed by the "white man". I do know that yes "white people" are discriminated against nowadays because I have been a target myself, but the "minorities" still are as well. I DO NOT associate myself with being "white" because I'm not just another "whity". I am Swedish. I celebrate my ancestral herritage as everyone else should. My people had nothing to do with the atrocities of that time. My people fought the so-called "white people" who thought that they deserved to be in charge of the whole fucking world. I am Swedish, I am Viking, I am pirate, & I am Human. I know where I would have stood then as I know where I stand now. Holla!

I completely agree! There is racism against white people also. I am not a racist, but I find it absolutely amazing, how they have Black History Month and Cinco De Mayo. But if white people had something like that, oh my gosh, that would be bad. I can't even imagine the news coverage we would see about it.

heres my opinion kids.

all races are discriminated against and all races have been rulers.
but in todays society, it is very difficult to apologize for a time we did not live in, and for a crime that we did not commit.

come on, african americans? why should i call a black person an african american, if they are not in fact, from africa. im not referred to as Canadian french indian american? and how should being called black offend someone?
arent i called white?

should i ask people to reffer to me as canadian french indian american, or peach?
ive had the insane comment, "dont cal me black im not black!" so i responded, "dont call me white, im peach." but guess who was rascist in this situation?

the cold hard truth is, todays society is letting things slip, because of events of the past, the guilt of slavery against blacks has created a constant, unjustified pity towards the black culture.

how is it that any black person that talks as if they are uneducated, dresses with their pants down to their ankles, and create provocative music for all ages to listen to, it is ok, its part of their culture, they are black so it is accepted. however if ido the same, im trying to act black, and i am disrespectful.

these racial issues both races have brought on themselves.

we all degrade our own race with every disrespectful and racial slur that exits our mouth.

end of story.

heres my opinion kids.

all races are discriminated against and all races have been rulers.
but in todays society, it is very difficult to apologize for a time we did not live in, and for a crime that we did not commit.

come on, african americans? why should i call a black person an african american, if they are not in fact, from africa. im not referred to as Canadian french indian american? and how should being called black offend someone?
arent i called white?

should i ask people to reffer to me as canadian french indian american, or peach?
ive had the insane comment, "dont cal me black im not black!" so i responded, "dont call me white, im peach." but guess who was rascist in this situation?

the cold hard truth is, todays society is letting things slip, because of events of the past, the guilt of slavery against blacks has created a constant, unjustified pity towards the black culture.

how is it that any black person that talks as if they are uneducated, dresses with their pants down to their ankles, and create provocative music for all ages to listen to, it is ok, its part of their culture, they are black so it is accepted. however if ido the same, im trying to act black, and i am disrespectful.

these racial issues both races have brought on themselves.

we all degrade our own race with every disrespectful and racial slur that exits our mouth.

end of story.

As prettyinpunk said...black history is the only one we ever hear about. There might as well be no month for other races.

That is not true..at my school we have a whole week of cinco de mayo celebrations. People dance...and etc.

But Black History Month is the only month we ever hear about.

Your right hispanics have a month too!

There are other cultural months. And yes there is a European History month, Black people ARE NOT the only race that has a month dedicated to our race.
It seems like some of you forget that you have the choice of whether or not you want to celebrate something or not. So, in school if you disagree with something you have the ability to say "No, I disagree." Remember we live in America. You know land of the free! Just remember that!

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I never said you ancestors owned slaves. I never said I was a slave. I never said u owe me anything!

I am NOT whining about my ancestors suffering. I AM ONLY STATEING WHY MOST AFRICAN AMERICANS BRING UP SLAVARY SO MUCH. Can ya'll get that through your thick heads?

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I was being general with these things...I didn't specifically mean you. And the reason I talked about slavery so much was because I think your explanation of why people bring it up was wrong.

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One could say the same thing about Harvard, and Yale. It is Not a white college, just majority white males go there.

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Don't be stupid and make up things. Majority of Harvard and Yale are white males? You absolutely 100% made that up. Let me educate you...Yale is 49% women and Harvard is 47% female. Preeetttyy even in my eyes. Take the non-white males out of the 51% and 53% and oh wow...look at that, the majority of Harvard and Yale is NOT white males. Harvard and Yale do not call themselves 'Historically white colleges'. They were not founded specifically to educate white people. True, up until this century there were no black people attending. But currently 8% of Harvard and Yale are black compared to the 1% of the black colleges. 8% isn't the best but still not small enough to classify the schools as white schools.

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Note: By the way I prefer to say African Americans I if i want to say african americans instead of Blacks, it is my dam choice. GOT IT?

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Ha well it's incorrect. Sure it's your choice. I could call pencils glorks from now on...its my choice. Doesn't mean it's correct.

Oho, Egypt, but you are a hypocrite. Notice I said if there was a white person's month but no black person's month. Don't try to be sneaky and change what I said. I know you don't care if there is a white person's month. I would have no problem if there was a black person's month...as long as there is a month for every race. That is the only reason I object to a month for black people. Hell, if our country celebrated a month for every race I'd join right in during February.

I don't understand how your lack of bit.ching about learning about white people is relevant at all. And maybe the reason we 'learn about that stuff everyday' is because it's important. The fact that schools don't require me to get involved during February has nothing to do with the reason I don't like black history month. Also, you're wrong, yet again...schools always do things during black history month. I remember doing projects about black history for a week in 5th grade. Again with the making up things...

You never said black culture was more important than American history but you implied it.

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That comment about "My priorities are not to learn about different cultures" that is fine with me...like i said before I don't give dam what you do.

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Well geez your other post made it seem like you did...you know, the comment that you bet we don't do anything during black history month...definitely led me to believe otherwise. Go back and read what you said Egypt.

Yeah, my disagreeing with it does mean I can say it shouldn't be observed. Let's have a little hypothetical situation here about disagreeing with things. If Louis doesn't think Bob should be an abusive father, that doesn't mean he doesn't have a right to want it to end. I'm sorry but if there's something I think is unfair and unjust and wrong, I'm not going to sit around and say "Well, it doesn't directly affect me so I don't care what those other people do". In this case it does directly affect me...I'm sick of teachers and people on TV and newspapers preaching to me about black people all February...I have 100% right to want it to not be observed if I feel that way. So don't tell me I don't have to celebrate it and that's the end of the issue. My celebrating or not is not the problem I have with it.

I never said black history month is going anywhere. Nor whether it should. I just want either a month for every race, or no race months at all. Not just selected races. It's reverse discrimination. This isn't equality. Tell me right now that having a black history month but no white history month is equal.

Egypt...the reasn why I say that you are giving black people a bad name....is because you are talking about stupid stuff. You may have been trying to defend the African American culture....but you weren't you were trying to bring up the past...just because it was referenced in the post. I know you weren't doing anybody wrong but you got to look at all the facts...like some of the people could be mad at you becaused their ancestors did help black people....you forget that most abolistnists were white. They put their lfe on the line to save slaves.
Also...you know how you said that you never talk about slavery....well you were being a hypocrite...because you were talking about slavery all the time in thi thread...I find that funny why you said you never talk about it when you jut did.

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It is NOT a black college. It is called a historically black college. Even though mostly black people go there, other races can go too. One could say the same thing about Harvard, and Yale. It is Not a white college, just majority white males go there.

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In the Atlanta area, there's about four Black Colleges. They're not historical colleges, because a couple of them are relatively new. Granted these colleges aren't doing so well because they can't regulate their spending and funding, they're still BLACK colleges. White individuals have to be accepted to these colleges, otherwise the state would not FUND the school. But if you look at the races in attendance at these black colleges, about 1% of non-black students attend.

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Gemni...I never said you ancestors were evil anywhere in my post. In fact I haven't blamed white people for anything in my posts, or that they are evil. So don't put words in my mouth!!

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I didn't directly comment towards you, sweetie. In fact, I didn't make any comments towards you, hence my generalization of my thoughts and lack of directing my comments towards a certain person. Please, pay attention.

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Note: By the way I prefer to say African Americans I if i want to say african americans instead of Blacks, it is my dam choice. GOT IT?

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One day you'll offend some black person because their ancestors came from the Caribbean, or Europe, or some other places BESIDES Africa, genius. Call them what you want, but your close-mindedness makes you more ignorant than you present yourself. You can call all white people crackers; that's your choice too. But in this hostile world you'll be shot in the face if you continue to be so sickly misinformed. Ignorance is bliss, dahling.

Egypt, Black History month started out as just one week. It was created by Dr. Carter Woodsona black man; which evolved into an entire month. I'm pretty sure he didn't purposely choose the shortest month so that everyone can complain about how little recognition black people can get. Blacks aren't the only ones who have a month dedicted to blacks. There's Native, Hispanic, Asian and yes even European history months.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH AINT GOING NO WHERE.

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What exactly do you mean by that? Sweetie, if you want to continue to celebrate Black History Month, then go ahead. That is your choice.

mkt16a17- I'm going to check that site out. Thanks for leaving it.

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I guarantee you that slavery will never ever happen again in the US

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there is slavery in the us today. there is slavery all over the world in this century, in this year, today. go here, it talks about it. just incase you were wondering. thats y we cant just stop talking about it, if we forget about it we will forget about stopping it. thats y we gotta learn about history. i kno thats wat teachers always say, an it sounds really stupid, but its definately true.

Equality over diversity, bizatch.

Thank you very much Nicole. I truefully do think that a month is a large understatement for all the thing Aricans went through. African people no matter what age were taken from their homes and put on ships. Then had to be forced to work for American colonists. No matter how far we think we've come with tha anti-racism we have a longer way to go.

YEA ROCK ON BECCA!

That was an inspirational story.
-Nicole