why is black history so importanted?
142283
It's important because it pays respect to the millions that died fighting for our rights. When our ancestors came over here they was robbed of everything, there language,nationality,religion,culture,idenity, and there way of life to be replaced with that of slaves. Millions were kill just trying to keep this, while millions more died just in slave ships. Just think what it was like being chained up force to walk hundreds of miles to the coast, stripped naked, put on a ship pack with a bunch of sick people, dark, and flowing with all kinds of dieases for three months.  After that they were separated from there families, then sold as slaves. Next they were work from sun up to well after sun down for the slightest mistake 40 lashes. With all of this they where still singing and was joyest people so what better way to pay respect than to remember and celebrate all that they did. Most whites don't understand taking away black history will make their stuggles go in vain.
118779
I am white, male, and yes, I accept Black History month as a time to reflect on our freedoms we ALL have thanks to brave men and women AND children. Because let us remember Martin Luther King, John F Kennedy and Robert Kennedy all were assasinated in the same decade of the 60's-different races-but all three supported Civil Rights!!! So BHM is for all of us to remember...freedom to speak your mind is a GOD GIVEN RIGHT-and HE is "colorblind"--thank you and peace,love and honor to you...
921694
Are you crazy???!!  I think that your trying to imply that Black people haven't contributed to the world.  When in reality, every race has given to society. First of all it was Imhotep and other Africans that helped people to understand science, medicine, law, engineering, etc-- philosophers came to Africa and Asia to learn in the past- Not to Europe,  Also  black people built this country with free labor, and built up our economy from the start. Black people have giving many things as far as culture and art goes.  Most forms of music have roots in African culture... Black people created or Helped invent Hundreds maybe thousands of useful and popular things such as: the traffic light, guitar, gas burner,doorknob, peanut butter, fire extinguisher, roller coaster, Space Shuttle Retrieval Arm, Remote Controllers, the mop -- I mean there are thousands- too many to name.... Also there are many African man made structures in Egypt and the rest of Africa that many white people are fascinated with.-- Africans created the calendar in 10,000 B.C. -- The FIRST WORLD western university was the University of Jenne of Timbuktu--   AND that stuff is only a very very very small fraction of what black people gave society (not gave to white people),  plus Black people are constantly contributing to society today.....
780404
In the UK there has just been a Black History Month on TV .... Imagine the uproar if they held a dedicated White History Month.\n\nIt's political correctness gone mad
162485
I teach kindergarten and created a black history unit.  You can find it at the link below.
942880
.As a black person i fell that we  must teach our children the sevenpence of this ugly word, that means the history and how it was used to demoralize us and how some of us died to eradicate this word in  association with our Race. It also has to do with self hater. we must at all cost  educate to never except this in our ever day conversation. I can't say the word either but my parents instill the important of it.  we come from the greatest civilizations.  Lets wrap ourselves in it we mustn't forget those that died for the right to definite ourselves. Great subject thanks for asking.
101278
people celebrate AFRICAN AMERICANS history in Febuary because of slavery and all the things we had to go through.So we can have something to look back at and see where we came from. So other races can see how much we have achieved over the years.
298115
It doesn't.  It is important to study the past so we can learn from the collective experience of the human race.  That way we can avoid repeating mistakes, and try to repeat sucessful choices.
756027
Some Black students may feel it is necessary, but I don't. I didn't attend an historically Black college, and I don't regret it. I looked for the one that provided me with the education I needed to be successful in my field. I wanted the diversity because the world is diverse. I wanted to feel the same competition I would feel in the real world. If the HBC offers the best for your career choice, that should be the school you attend. My decision was educational not racial.
201843
I'm not black either but, most post i see if it's asking about a black person it starts off as the "N" word instand of the intelligent way of saying African American.That's not to say you can't ask a question about them.It's usually how it's frazed that "GETS" some people.
105017
Whats the purpose of presidents day, christmas, esaster, and columbus day, ect? These days are set aside  to celebrate something just as black history mounth is set aside as an attempt to celebrate contributations made by the black community that are so often looked over.
888887
Actually, I like it a lot. For me I prefer to be around people of different backgrounds, races or cultures. It seems natural for me, I always had a black friend growing up.\nNow a days, I prefer to work with them cause they are easier to work and talk to, and its more fun. I like to learn about them, their traditions or history, and at the same time he/she is learning from me.\nI'm a student - and a teacher, at the same time.\nIts cool, you learn little interesting facts and tales from friends.
995609
To be racist is to have intent.\nThe classic, Little Black Sambo never had the intent of anything except a writer constructing a wonderful piece of Americana. Other classics have been removed because of the political left wanting to appease persons they need to gain votes from. In America, we have a history. My black lady friend, who is a fellow PhD and from Alabama, has said it is sinful to drain history from America. She now questions the Black History Month issue, saying one-sided history is contrary to the intent of educators.\nThe issue is about Little Black Sambo being removed from the required reading lists of schools. This is not helping anything. When one side decides they don't like something, the will yell racism. But the factor nobody sees is a few black private schools making Little Black Sambo a part of their reading schedule. The intent is to never cheat the minds of the students from any pertinent material. A mind is a terrible thing to waste.\nThere are many universities that will use Little Black Sambo in their Sociology classes.\nIt seems we have gained Black History Month and are forgetting the entirety of American diversity. That is sinful.\nBy the way, some children would like to learn more about the Koran, but there is no room for the subject; schools want to appease too much.
852522
For the most stupid reason of all. There has been so much social pressure on Black that many of them are looking to be identified in a different perspective. It is because of our current educational system and the media that seems to only sell paper's if the black face is on the front page because he or she has committing some crime. Now you have the lite skin black that can be identified with another race thinking that they are better off then the average black and by no means are they. Then you have the movies playing up to lite skin black and they for what ever reason seem to help them forget where they come from. And  the movie industries sees them as tool to increase their profit margin.  in fact the movie industries are using lite skin blacks  is a very negative way. And that is setting all the wrong examples for future generations of blacks children. Now in our school system The average black child,  is not really taught correctly about the the greatness that many, many black men have achieved thru out history. And believe me when I say that they are plentiful they are.. And the greatest thing of all is that every man woman and child no matter what race creed or religion, can trace their blood line back to Africa. Now I wonder how many black children are being taught that aspect of their culture.  The white man figures that that If they can keep the black people fighting amoung themselves, What will they ever amount to and it has worked so far.....
106245
yes ... I think that it is becoming more widely known, but I also think that schools could do a lot more to promote it ... just think that they have a whole month to educate our kids about Black history which is our nation's history!
979003
I think Black people are underappreciated and under-respected. Overgeneralized and misunderstood.  Each and every Black person is different from the next, so if anyone really wants to know about Black people, just learn in a respectful way.
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why are sctions like these so neglected...\nDID YOU KNOW... that an African American man named Lewis Latimer who worked with Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell drew up the plans for Bell's first telephone?\nIf you did, you are probably among the fortunate few who possess such knowledge. It is a fact that has not been well publicized. There are countless inventions by African Americans and they cover everything from food processing to electrical technology. The inventions by African Americans point out the contributions that African Americans have made to the comfort and advancement of mankind. The following are some inventions by African Americans.\nAmerica's Hi-Tech "Invisible Man"\n\nPatricia E. Bath was the inventor of the laser eye surgery technique now widely used. In fact, she is the only African American woman doctor to ever receive a medical patent.\n\nFrederick Jones invented the air conditioner unit and the automatic refrigeration system for long-haul trucks.\n\nJ.W. Smith invented the lawn sprinkler.\n\nSarah Boone invented the ironing board.\n\nJan Matzeliger invented the shoe-lasting machine (for attaching \nsoles on shoes in Lynn, Mass. His invention revolutionized the shoe industry.\n\nLydia Newman invented the hair brush.\n\nL.P. Ray invented the dust mop.\n\nThomas W. Stewart invented the mop.\n\nJohn Love invented the pencil sharpener.\n\nLee Burridge invented the typewriter.\n\nJohn Burr invented the lawnmower.\n\nGarrett Morgan invented the traffic light.\n\nJohn Standard took out a patent on an improved refrigerating device... the refrigerator.\n\nAlice Parker invented the heating furnace.\n\nAlexander Miles invented major improvements to the elevator.\n\nDr. Charles Drew invented a way to store blood and then created the first blood bank.\n\nM.A. Cherry invented the tricycle.\n\nMajor Robert H. Lawrence was the first African American astronaut chosen \nto make a journey to the moon. He had a doctoral degree in Chemistry \nand would have made one of the first lunar trips, but he died in the crash \nof an Air Force F-104 jet at Edwards Air Force Base, CA in 1968.\nErnest E. Just was the first biologist to receive the Springarn Medal. He received distinction in his field through his research on egg fertilization and the functioning of cells.\n\nHarold D. West was the first person to synthesize the amino acid threonine in the laboratory.\n\nDr. William Hinton devised a test to determine syphilis.\n\nAndrew Bryan was the first African American pastor, ordained in 1788.\n\nConstance B. Motley was the first African American female appointed as a Federal Judge in 1966.\n\nBarbara Watson Federal was the first African American and first female to serve as Asst. Secretary of State.\nShe held her post in 1974.\n\nBernice Gaines Hughes was the first African American female to obtain the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Armed Forces.\n\nAlonzo Pietro (known as "il Negro") was one of Columbus' navigators on his first voyage to America in 1492.\n\nalso look into:\n\nMore Inventors\n\n1st Lt Stephen Swails \nA. Philip Randolph\nAdam Clayton  Powell Jr.\nAhmed Baba\nAhmos\nAlaine Locke\nAlexander Dumas\nAlexander Pushkin\nArthur A. Schomburg\nBenjamin Oliver Davis, Jr.\nBishop Richard Allen\nBlack Reconstruction Congress\nCapt. Erwin B. Lawrence\nCarol Mosley\nCharles Clinton Spaulding\nClarence Harris\nCleopatra\nColin L. Powell\nColonel Charles A. Young\nColonel Guion Bluford\nDaniel Hale Williams\nDr. Benjamin S. Carson\nDr. Carter G. Woodson\nDr. George R. Carruthers\nDr. Katherine G. Johnson\nDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.\nDr. W. E. B. Dubois\nDuke Ellington\nElijah McCoy\nEthel Waters\nFanny M. Coppin\nFrancois Louveture\nFredrick Douglas\nGranville T. Woods\nGwendolyn Brooks\nHarriet R. Tubman\nIda B. Wells\nIMHOTEP\nJackie Robinson\nJames Baldwin\nJames Forten\nJames Weldon Johnson\nJesse Owens\nJohn B. Russwurm\nJohn H. Johnson\nJohn Henry Lawson\nJoseph Barrow Louis\nJosep