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Started by garbon, February 05, 2013, 08:40:51 AM

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#15
February 08, 2013, 11:13:54 AM
Quote from: Syt on February 08, 2013, 10:58:55 AM
Quote from: sbr on February 08, 2013, 09:40:35 AM
Why is there no White History Month? :mad:

They should have Spic History Month, though, considering that they're close to (or already have?) overtaken Blacks as largest ethnic minority.

Or is that covered by 5 May?

:rolleyes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hispanic_Heritage_Month

Oddly though they just get a 30 day window and not an actual month.
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garbon

#16
February 08, 2013, 11:14:15 AM
Quote from: Neil on February 08, 2013, 11:06:25 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 08, 2013, 11:00:28 AM
Neil, it's a struggle to pretend to care for an hour, much less a month.
Do you guys have roving bands of history enforcers down there?  I would think that Berkut would have mentioned that during his liberty harangues.

Really, what's required of you is pretty slim.  All you have to do is not shout 'nigger' at the top of your lungs when someone mentions a historical black guy.  If you can manage that, you've done your part.  It's more a thing for black folks than white ones.

Indeed.
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#17
February 08, 2013, 11:19:52 AM
Agree w/ Neil's post.

The only real burden I've experienced from Black History Month is the little snippets on public television.

Valmy

#18
February 08, 2013, 11:22:30 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 08, 2013, 11:19:52 AM
Agree w/ Neil's post.

The only real burden I've experienced from Black History Month is the little snippets on public television.

And really I enjoy it.  African American history is pretty interesting with lots of colorful and important people and high drama.   Things like Asian American history are just things like 'blah blah was the first Asian American Congressman' yawnsville.
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#19
February 08, 2013, 11:25:41 AM
Quote from: Valmy on February 08, 2013, 11:22:30 AM
And really I enjoy it.  African American history is pretty interesting with lots of colorful and important people and high drama.

It's a suckfest.  :P

Valmy

#20
February 08, 2013, 11:26:22 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 08, 2013, 11:25:41 AM
It's a suckfest.  :P

Are you kidding?  Stephen Douglas is so cool it really should just be his month :P
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#21
February 08, 2013, 11:30:21 AM
Quote from: Valmy on February 08, 2013, 11:26:22 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 08, 2013, 11:25:41 AM
It's a suckfest.  :P

Are you kidding?  Stephen Douglas is so cool it really should just be his month :P

Weren't you just going on about how every month was white history month and now you're trying to steal this one. Tsk, tsk.
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#22
February 08, 2013, 11:31:53 AM
Quote from: Valmy on February 08, 2013, 11:26:22 AM
Are you kidding?  Stephen Douglas is so cool it really should just be his month :P

A little.  There are some cool stories out there.  Booker T. Washington's story is totally cool. 

But I've definitely heard the Crispus Attucks story WAY to many times.

Valmy

#23
February 08, 2013, 11:36:20 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 08, 2013, 11:30:21 AM
Weren't you just going on about how every month was white history month and now you're trying to steal this one. Tsk, tsk.

Hey!  I contributed to the Richard III thread!
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#24
February 08, 2013, 11:38:58 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 08, 2013, 11:31:53 AM
Quote from: Valmy on February 08, 2013, 11:26:22 AM
Are you kidding?  Stephen Douglas is so cool it really should just be his month :P

A little.  There are some cool stories out there.  Booker T. Washington's story is totally cool. 

But I've definitely heard the Crispus Attucks story WAY to many times.

I figured you would like Booker T, I think his ideas were spot on even if he did not have the entire solution and he was autocratic and controlling.  He gets attacked by black leaders today alot though for what I think are unfair reasons.  'Accommodationist'....meh, ridiculous.
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derspiess

#25
February 08, 2013, 11:41:14 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 08, 2013, 11:31:53 AM
Booker T. Washington's story is totally cool.

Indeed.  His and many other black historical figures' stories are cool.  But having a black history month always just seemed a bit silly to me.
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Syt

#26
February 08, 2013, 12:15:03 PM
Quote from: Valmy on February 08, 2013, 11:22:30 AMAfrican American history is pretty interesting with lots of colorful [...] people

Indeed it is.
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#27
February 08, 2013, 12:20:06 PM
Quote from: Syt on February 08, 2013, 12:15:03 PM
Quote from: Valmy on February 08, 2013, 11:22:30 AMAfrican American history is pretty interesting with lots of colorful [...] people

Indeed it is.

:rolleyes:
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#28
February 08, 2013, 12:24:23 PM
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#29
February 08, 2013, 01:19:38 PM
Quote from: Neil on February 08, 2013, 11:06:25 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 08, 2013, 11:00:28 AM
Neil, it's a struggle to pretend to care for an hour, much less a month.
Do you guys have roving bands of history enforcers down there?  I would think that Berkut would have mentioned that during his liberty harangues.

Really, what's required of you is pretty slim.  All you have to do is not shout 'nigger' at the top of your lungs when someone mentions a historical black guy.  If you can manage that, you've done your part.  It's more a thing for black folks than white ones.

Well, we just can't have that, now can we?  That would be too much to ask.

It is unfortunate that so many Americans would rather ignore Black History Month, considering the sheer wealth of history, art and literature available.
You'd think Star Spangled fucktards would want to know about it as much as the Founding White Fathers, as it's such an integral part of our national history.
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