info. on why African American heroes are excluded from Americas history books?
87101
BECAUSE the dominant history of this country (I'm assuming you mean the U.S. when you say "America") is told from the perspective of white colonialists!  Institutionalized schooling in this country was established to enforce Protestant, Anglo-European values and I believe that, in some ways, that is still its purpose (look at No Child Left Behind!)
522349
make sure you include the part of african american slavery where americans where enslaved by africans on the barbary coast and good ole thomas jefferson had to send in the marines to teach them a lesson.  Also be sure to include the part about africans enslaving other africans and selling them to slave traders. Africans were not exploited by europeans alone, they were exploited by other africans.
83071
No, others are racist but for different reasons.  White history month?  What are we learning for the entire year?  Oh yeah, white history.  Funds like the United Negro one are for the descendants of slaves (face it, that's how most if not all  Africans got here) who were released with nothing.  They had to survive in a world where there were relatively few employers (they wouldn't hire blacks).
670598
The Confederate Flag was flown for the Southern States during the time of the Civil War.  Black people fought for the South and well as for the North.  \n\nThis was a terrible event in history where many young men lost their lives to fight for what they believed in. \n\nThe history of America should not be erased because of the design on a piece of cloth. It is a rememberance of a time in history that was very devasting to all mankind. \n\nIf people would study their history they would find that a black man brought the blacks from Africa telling them of a better life in America and sold them for slaves and that a White man "Abraham Lincoln" freed them from slavery.\n\nThe Confederate Flag is not a symbol of Racism or hatred but a sign of our history and heritage.
725046
I rise with you. Racism and the fact that some people just cannot stand difference make sure many of us still have to continue looking over our shoulders, despite people like you, who have admirably represented your country in no less a way than any of the bravest that have fought with our armed forces. \n\nRemember that platoon of black soldiers who were refused the highest honors this country could bestow on the bravest of the brave? USA is a long way away from being free and equal to all.
526097
I would find a book on African- American history, or, more specifically, African-American religion. You should have no trouble finding sources for this, or searching under these topics for online info. The African-American (Negro) spirituals go back to this time, and you should be able to find much material on this too.
304757
To the Founders of the United States of America, the Bible was an important resource to them. If what they believed was not in the Bible, it did not belong in America.
258277
There are.  White history is the norm, so it's just called History.\nWhite entertainment is the norm so it's just called Entertainment.\n\nWhite people have had a longer period of time to arrange college funds and equal rights and are less devastated by the processes.  African Americans are catching up, but still need a leg-up in order to compete. One day, hopefully, there will be no need for either 'black' or 'white'......we shall have all blended together and be truly equal.
272683
I understand the logic for no white history month but why is there no Latino or Asian history month. For the record I am white. I think Dr king would not approve of this because it was his dream for the little black child and the little white child to play together and be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.  Having separate holidays and months even under the guise of celebrating culture is still segregationist  and wrong.  Lets just have human history month and talk about web dubois in the same sentence as Thomas Edison and Cesar Chavez.  wouldn't that be nice?\nthis is for the girl who answered after me.\n attitudes like yours are the reason racism will never die
91311
I've asked that same question many times. We don't get a white history month because that'd be "racist," which is complete bull shit becuase we're the only race that has to kiss everyone elses ass. Everyone else can have pride for their race but if we have white pride we're racist. it's fucked up. We shouldn't have a black history month unless every race got a month.
564649
there are native american role models listen to fredom radio seek out independent news source, the native americans were victims of genocide and slavery in the name of christianity  and alot of the poulation is isolated from the trest of society on a reservation,one of the most murderous men towards them,who actually recorded his savage actions in ajournal,and can be found in archives is christopher columbus and we celebrate this monster with a national holiday try looking it up in the book or one of them disinformation you are being lied to
63205
Why do so many people want to take away black history month. This goes all the way back to the slave master days when they made it the sole job to erase all of our history, our culture, names, language and most of all our identity and nationality. So that we as a people will forget who we are and were we come from, then replace it with new history there history. \n\nIn 1832 a U.S. Senator named Henry Berry said to the Virginia house of Delegates: "We have as far as possible closed every avenue by which the truth may enter the slave's mind. If we could extinguish the capacity to see the truth, our work would be complete. They would then be on the level with the beast of the field". \n\nWillie Lynch said:\nOur experts warned us about the possibility of this phenomenon occurring, for they say that the mind has a strong drive to correct and recorrect itself over a period of time if it can touch some substantial original historical base and they advise us that the best way to deal with this phenomenon is to shave off the brutes mental history and create a multiplicity of phenomena of illusions, so that each illusion will twirl in its own orbit, something similar to floating balls in a vacuum.\n\nZechariah 11: 4 - 5,\n\nTHUS SAID The Lord; FEED THE FLOCK OF THE SLAUGHTER;\n\n(5) WHOSE POSSESSORS KILL THEM, AND HOLD THEMSELVES NOT GUILTY: AND THEY THAT SELL THEM SAY, BLESSED BE The Lord; FOR I AM RICH: AND THEIR OWN SHEPHERDS PITY THEM NOT.\n\nIn a book by Professor Andrew Hacker entitled Two Nations, Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal, on page 4, he says:\n\n"Most whites will protest that they bear neither responsibility nor blame for the conditions Blacks face. Neither they nor their for bearers ever owned slaves nor can they see themselves as having held anyone back or down." Today the younger generations of Whites resent being held morally or financially responsible for the racial sins of their ancestors, even though as whites, they still enjoy the inherited advantages and privileges of slavery."
527800
I don't feel that we live in a time that is in need of heros. A hero for a cause eventually becomes the entire face of a cause to those looking in from the outside. If you asked someone to name a hero from the civil rights movement, I would bet that 99% of the answers would be MLK. There were many other heros of that time, but MLK was the civil rights movement. A face for the gay community would only serve to solidify whatever stereotypes people choose to see in that person. The gay community is far too diverse to be represented by even a handfull of people.\n\nThe gay community doesn't need a short list of heros who stand up to the masses and lead us in a fight for civil rights. What the community needs are everyday heros. We need people who will stand up to their friends, coworkers and classmates and denounce descrimination at it's source, not someone denouncing it from a podium on high.
536182
Because the US needed a hero or heroine.  She fit the bill. She is no hero.  Think how her buddies feel about her.  She got lost, got captured, then became a hero, then made lots of money off her book.  Big deal. She was no hero
800264
i have realized this, just like if we had white history month we would be racist, or white entertainment television. it's obviously a double standard. i also think it's funny that a lof of back people call themselves african americans when they were born and raised here, have never been to africa and neither have their parents. i dont walk around saying i am german american. there are sooo many double standards it's un-real.
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I wont give you a Paragraph but I will get you started,\n\nIn the 1850's and early 1860's abolitionists who had the dream of ending slavery angered many southerners who wanted to keep their lasting traditions.  Many historians believe that the abolistionist movement in the north, along with the book "Uncle Toms Cabin" were major contributing factors to the Civil war.\n\n\nGood Luck!
64529
i think it is a total violation, i mean cleveland indians, with a cartoonish, red man... who would aprove of boston jews, with a silly picture of a jew? who would aprove of tampa mexicans? or atlanta black men? noone would. and just the same should go for native americans. on the other hand though, some real life native american chiefs consider it an honor. but for those that don't consider it an "honor?" it seems to me like a "forced honor" that, by the ways, degrades the native american people as a whole. good question.