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Someone posted the thing where Morgan Freeman says Black History Month is ridiculous. My response...
We shouldn't treat individual black people differently in our interactions. I agree with you there.
There are successful white people in all areas of American society, but black people are underrepresented in many areas. Kids need examples to look up to. Black kids need to see examples of successful black people, so they can say "I could do that!" Too many black kids just feel like it's not worth it, and that they'll never succeed because they don't see many examples of success.
How much black history do we learn, that's not brought up because of black history month? How much of that would go missing if there was no Black History Month?
I think that if everyone can agree that black people do important things, and that there's nothing wrong with being black, then being black can be normalized in this country, and we can start to get past the issues of race.
And if those of us who don't have a problem with race don't talk about it, the only ones who talk about it are the ones who have a problem with it. What happens when the majority of people don't think about race, and the KKK is the only ones using their voice? Then all those people who don't think about it start thinking about it, and somebody has got to counter that voice. That's where we are now.
We shouldn't treat individual black people differently in our interactions. I agree with you there.
There are successful white people in all areas of American society, but black people are underrepresented in many areas. Kids need examples to look up to. Black kids need to see examples of successful black people, so they can say "I could do that!" Too many black kids just feel like it's not worth it, and that they'll never succeed because they don't see many examples of success.
How much black history do we learn, that's not brought up because of black history month? How much of that would go missing if there was no Black History Month?
I think that if everyone can agree that black people do important things, and that there's nothing wrong with being black, then being black can be normalized in this country, and we can start to get past the issues of race.
And if those of us who don't have a problem with race don't talk about it, the only ones who talk about it are the ones who have a problem with it. What happens when the majority of people don't think about race, and the KKK is the only ones using their voice? Then all those people who don't think about it start thinking about it, and somebody has got to counter that voice. That's where we are now.
