How To Deal With That Person Who Thinks Black History Month Shouldn’t Exist
Having a discussion about race on the internet can be challenging. Here are a few tips.
Every year, come this time around February, this person creeps up on your social media feed.
You want to say something, but having an argument on the internet can be kind of frustrating.
1. An “Excedrin for Racial Tension” might be a good place to start.
3. Think about where you want the conversation to go.
There’s a difference between a “what they did conversation” and a “what they are conversation”.
4. Be strategic and precise with your language and ask that they do so as well.
For example, an agreed definition of what constitutes “racism” might be a good start.
6. Put an end to any sentence that begins with “I don’t want to sound racist, but…”
Nothing good has ever come after that qualifier.
10. Be sure to look at the past…
11. …as well as the current landscape of racial politics.
12. Be wary of “hipster racism”.
Also called “ironic racism”, by some. Or just plain racism, by many. This is the “oh my gosh, you guise! I’m totally joking about that racist joke I just made” type of logic.
13. Ask them what “White History Month” would even look like?
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14. Refer them to some resources.
Seriously, there a great number of books and online resources detailing the origins of black history month. Kindly Google it, person already on the internet.
16. In the event that they become emotional, be sympathetic. Try to hear where they are coming from.
18. And most importantly, know when to disengage.
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docw2 3 months agoYeah, you might want to tell all this to Morgan Freeman, who is black, who is disgusted and repelled by Black History Month. As he said, we’ll never have equality and understanding between races when we gin up fake “perks” for various minorities. As he said, Black History is American History, so cooking up a stupid “holiday” is redundant and counter-productive. But I don’t suppose that will stop the self-righteous idiots at buzzfeed from preaching and preening at their own “enlightement”.
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kisskissbang 3 months agoHave you watched the video? He says nothing about “perks” or “stupid holidays”. Saying “as he said” before your own opinion might be a fun game, though.
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SatelliteJane 3 months agoEvery other month of the year is white history month. It is a sure sign of privilege that you don’t acknowledge the space you have been given, but when you’re asked to move over and make a liiiiiittle room for someone else, just the edge of your king-sized seat, you throw a tantrum
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Bridiee 3 months ago
George Washington Carver saved southern agriculture but we only talked briefly about him during black history month once in 5th grade while growing up in Louisiana. At that point I realized that we didn’t have many women in our textbooks either. I now call it “your textbook is crap” month.
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papercraftbliss 3 months agoBlack history month is no more racist than breast cancer awareness month is discriminatory against other types of cancer.
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Sydneymog 3 months agoI agree with Rowan and Morgan Freeman. I don’t go around ‘woe-is-me’ because I am of Japanese decent and my grandparents were in internment camps while my great uncle was in the 142nd infantry. Or ‘woe-is-me’ my mother and grandmother are Hispanic immigrants who both fought tooth and nail to get me a college education. This is the present; this is my life and the people I interact with don’t see the color of my skin as who I am. I am Sydney. I am a mechanical engineer. And I am not defined by my skin pigment.
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kisskissbang 3 months ago
You seem pretty happy to wave around your racial heritage like it’s credentials, though. If you think Black History Month is ‘woe-is-me’ month, you’re not paying attention.
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Pushpullsquat28 3 months ago
I think it’s funny how the posts they used as an example had spelling and grammar errors in them. Just shows what type of people say stuff like that. Makes me giggle.
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KleeIrwinRocks! 3 months agoHow did Kirk Mooneyham infiltrate our leftist politically correct liberal-progressive training webpage?!!?
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Rowan Jacobs 3 months ago
I think Morgan Freeman said it best. Why should their history be confined to a month? I’m English so may be wrong but is there any other “race history month” in the US? The only way to prevent racism - STOP TALKING ABOUT IT.
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devonm3 3 months agoAlso, the different types of “white history” tend to be broken into different ethnicities, such as Italian Heritage Month. “White history” on a whole doesn’t have any sort of cohesive cultural traditions that are universal across the race, and yet separate from other races. And that’s me being nicer than I could be when talking about “white history.”
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Rowan Jacobs 3 months ago
But Kendrick, I’m not talking about any other issue, i’m talking about racism. The main cause of it is people putting labels on who they are - “is it because i’m black/white”, “white people problems”, etc. How about instead of calling one person black, one white and another hispanic, why not just call them a human being? By talking about racism you are suggesting there is a difference between us - there isn’t.
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