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I say no for two reasons.
1. It is singling out a specific group as more important than others. We don't have White History Month or Asian History Month or Hispanic History Month or Arab History Month or any other group history month, so why have one for blacks?
2. It allows schools to get away with teaching about black historical figures one month out of the year, and often out of context. I don't know about you, but I'd say history classes shouldn't single out people like Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver and Martin Luther King Jr., to name a few, as somehow different than other historical figures just because the were black. They should include them in the relevant time period being studied and thus all year round when appropriate.
1. It is singling out a specific group as more important than others. We don't have White History Month or Asian History Month or Hispanic History Month or Arab History Month or any other group history month, so why have one for blacks?
2. It allows schools to get away with teaching about black historical figures one month out of the year, and often out of context. I don't know about you, but I'd say history classes shouldn't single out people like Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver and Martin Luther King Jr., to name a few, as somehow different than other historical figures just because the were black. They should include them in the relevant time period being studied and thus all year round when appropriate.