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Do you feel that Black History Month is on the wane? Why do you think there is less interest in black history than there used to be?
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Most "black" parents have this falsehood that we have arrived. I say parents, because traditional schools haven't really totally focused on our predecessors' accomplishments in years. "Black" parents and other "blacks" may think that we no longer need inspiration. That "our" celebrities: Oprah, Condolezza(?) Rice, President Barack Obama, etc., makes up for that.
Personally, "black" history is everyday in my home. Whatever we study, we find our history in it. And boy is it inspiring, the people of today have nothing on our people of yesterday.
I haven't heard much about Black History events this year. Maybe it's because I'm getting older, no longer in undergraduate school, and/or have a busy life. It may be that Black History festivities fade as things becoming increasing better for blacks
But are things really getting better, Triniways? Statistical data doesn't seem to support that.
I think its on the wane. It seems like I only heard about the same people growing up - MLK, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Frederick Douglass. Black History now seems like this inaccessible enigma of a bygone era. Young people seem disconnected from the achievements of our predecessors, and we have new battles to wage (i.e. class disparity, economic self-sufficiency) that seem to overshadow the race question.
and we have new battles to wage (i.e. class disparity, economic self-sufficiency) that seem to overshadow the race question.
Say, "Word!"
Just because we aren't physically getting whipped, spat on, allowed to eat in high society restaurants, can sit in the front of the bus, doesn't mean that things are better.
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