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why would white people want a white history month?

First of all, THERE IS A WHITE HISTORY!!! it's called Irish history, german, history, French history, Italian history and so forth...... Black history is not a threat to white history. All black history is about how black coped with America and the inventions and stuff. The reason why there will never be a white history is because it's everyday history. everyday you learn about the pilgrims, the scientists, the brits, the french, and blah, blah, blah. we call in black history because the only thing in common is the skin color. most of the people don't know what part of africa THEY CAME FROM! also, white people were never opposed AS SEVERE AS US. gay pride, black pride, asian pride, and latino pride was all opposed by the majority of white people. besides, it would be nice to learn about another culture that influenced the world. Black history is not a special privilege or racist. What's racist is that "so called American textbooks" exclude this history out or write ONE paragraph on it.

Public Comments

1. Stop playing the race card. Poor poor you. If there is a black history month, why not be a white history month? Why are you comin' on here hatin' so much?
2. They are jealous that its not actually called Wjite history month and that every other rligion,race or gay tribe has a month named after them specifically
3. I didn't know about the white history month, but I thought the black history month was in Feburary, but I don't know why it that month? I thought I read in history about the under ground rail road and Herrit Truman? I read alot about "black slavory and the rail road and them singing. I am in my thirtys though, I guess I am old and the book probably have changed.. What month is white history month? is that the president day month? I honestly don't know . I now wonder why the heck their not a Indian month they where here first.??
4. I agree with you 100% and you make some great points. :)
5. Hmmmmm......don't think i will comment on this one.
6. if there was a white history month, we'd still be called racist, theres not "white college " fund either, we cant put "white" on anything or were callled racist .
7. How about just expanding black history and not having a ''specific'' black history month??? Is there a chinese history month?? Is there a Puerto Rican month?? Is there a Mexican history month?? American history should be just that, AMERICAN HISTORY...
8. lol OK I'm white and I'm Irish, and I'm so tired of black people thinking the have suffered SO bad compared to the rest of the world. EVERY RACE on earth at one point or another has been enslaved including Irish people. so please stop complaining like little children your an embarrassment to your RACE, and by the i mean the human race.
9. Ok, coz Black history is widely celebrated excluding the whites. It's the one thing that they feel that they're not part of the celebration; the one celebration that they cannot be the center of. And yeah the person who asked for it is pretty silly. P.S. Im neither black nor white.
10. Well said!!!!!!! I totally agree with everything you said. I think it is important to know our history, and where we come from.
11. Check out a book called "lies my teacher told me". You can find it on audio. I actually borrowed it from the library on cd. It is an excellent book; a study about how the history textbooks used in high schools are wrong. They are usually a glossy, pretty look at American History. True history is usually anything but pretty. It is a very interesting book. They leave out a lot more than how some blacks shaped america. I don't think it is because they are racists though. It is because they try to make the people in history out to be heros when in reality they were real people. People that make mistakes; people that aren't always good.
12. Someday we arent going to be the majority anymore. We will need to have a special pride month. Right now everyday is White Day and most TV stations are the White Television Network. Is that going to be that way forever? I dont think so, so take a long view. Your'e right though, the people today who are complaining about Black History month probably are racist to some degree. I knew a guy who said things like that and he had a real anger problem. He also thought the gays were taking over Hollywood and TV. Some people just have Issues. The best thing to do is just ignore them. Most of us dont agree with the things that they say.
13. I supposed you never heard that whites were made slaves by blacks in the Crusades. besides most blacks are racial, like Black Miss america, or Black colleges and what about Black Panthers, they're worst than KKK.
14. I am a white person, and I absolutely don't think there should be a white history month. The reason we have a Black History Month is because african-americans were (and still are) discriminated against for SO long by white people. I am ashamed of all the people that answered this question with anything but complete understanding. So many people are just ignorant about their heritage. Open up a book people!
15. i don't really care but i would love to see the INDIAN'S HAVE A INDIAN HISTORY MONTH i see you did not mention the Indian Pow Wow???????
16. who gives a shit!!!!
17. why are you playing race games? whatever colour someone is is irrelevant.be happy for who you are and accept others ps get someone to file down the chip on your shoulder
18. When the honest, hard working, law abiding slave traders brought the African savages to America, they did'nt think about life after slavery. The biggest mistake of the slave traders is that they did not return the savages to Africa.
19. Although I am both races...black and white...I totally agree with you. Black History Month is February (for those of you who don't know...tsk, tsk), which happens to be the shortest month out of the year, btw. And white history is celebrated in every other way: St. Patrick's Day Thanksgiving Day President's Day Washington's Birthday Columbus Day ...just to name a few days. And everyone knows about these days because they are pounded into our heads in school since kindergarden, but very few people outside the black race know when black history month is because it hasn't been given the same importance as everything else even though black people invented some of the most used items today...traffic lights, ironing boards, electrical resistors, bank safety deposit boxes, blood banks, Super Soakers (yep), refrigerated trucks, gas masks, peanut butter, chili sauce, ink, instant coffee, linoleum, mayonnaise, paper, plastic, pavement, shaving cream (the list goes on, my friends). White history is celebrated in all the textbooks so there doesn't need to be a white history month. That's like asking since there is a BET (Black Entertainment Television) channel, shouldn't there be a white entertainment channel...Doy, that is every other channel! Those of you who would like to educate yourselves on black history visit: http://www.blackhistory.com/ http://www.blackinventions101.com/blackinventors.html The people who should really be mad are the Mexicans...shoot they only have Cinco de Mayo!
20. The same reason black people want black history month. A United white college fund??? Association for the advancement of white people??? White Kwanzaa??? Ebonics??? Reverse discrimination??? The list goes on and on. If the afro american race wants something that is race oriented that is OK, but if any other race wants something that is wrong!!! And then people like you come on here and ask questions like this.
21. I dont care about history, i dont care what happend to people hundreds of years ago. i care about what is happening now.
22. You are correct! I wish we didn't have a NEED for Black History Month. If our White forefathers had been fair, decent and just... followed by these racist morons that they've fathered... all races could share the same history!
23. I AGREE WITH YOU I AM BLACK AND PROUD AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT HAVING A BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS RACIST DONT KNOW S**T, IF IT WAS SO IMPORTANT AND CRUCIAL FOR THEM TO HAVE A WHITE HISTORY MONTH WHY DID THEY NOT THINK OF IT BEFORE? I KNOW WHY JEALOUSY AND FEAR! ALOT OF THEM FEAR WHAT THEY DONT KNOW!!! WELL DONT WORRY ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE SAY YOU ARE CORRECT!
24. I am so tired of Blacks saying they were so oppressed. If you want to know who was oppressed it was and still is the American Indians. They were enslaved just like the Blacks and treated worse. But you don't see them whining about it. Slavery was along time ago no one alive from back then so get over it and move on. Just about every race has been enslaved by another at some point in history. I do agree there should not be white history, but I also think there should not be black history either. There should be American history Irish history English history and so on.
25. because they're haters we were deprived for so long now we have something to give us a understanding of our history because our ancestors were taken from their homes to become slaves some of us don't know were we came came from that's why so many blacks are mess up have we know where are ppl came from long ago then we not act like fools and degrade ourselves,besides we learn about white history in school
26. Because some white people like to be the center of attention at all times. Forget the fact that they already have 11 whole months of white history.