You know, IC, I have never thought about it like that. 

I did a "Man on the Street" on December 1, 2005 and asked several people the significance of that date 50 years prior.  NO ONE was able to tell me.  Perhaps the question was unfair, but I would have thought that someone, other than I, would have been able to answer that question.

I think our culture is more concerned about the likes of "Fitty Cent" and self entitlement, perpetuated by the Sharptons and the Jacksons.  I believe we are heading more toward a "victicrat" type of culture...and it's shameful. 

Well stated I.C.  Please allow me to post an except from an earlier column about this very "blah" concern for Black History Month:

It is absurd to hold events, banquets, church gatherings, put up African-American décor, display books about black history at the local library, discuss Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks, and other prominent figures for show-and-tell.  Why?  Because it’s not enough to acknowledge them, pay homage to them, and converse about them if we’re not going to use their lives, their trials, and injustices to find resolutions for the pandemic issues that permeate the black community every single day of the year.  

Two fast reasons I do not agree.

#1 "I guess it meant a lot because I, as a child, was ignorant. Learning about the history of Black Americans was exciting."

Kids are going to have so many black people shuved into there minds like young jeezy and lil kim, that it is great to show them that naming themselves young or lil and acting like fools is not the only way to get wealthy. 

#2 "My mentor says that Black History Month, just like all other nationally recognized holidays, is for capitalists to make money and for consumers to waste time and spend money. "

Being a capitalist myself, when I see money changing hands I don't think of that as a waste of time.  I think "how can I get some of that?"

My two cents.

Enjoy your day

PhiPPs

Sadly Divided
Category: Religion and Philosophy

I am new to this site, and to blogging for that matter.  It makes me happy that there is now a platform for people who share the same views to get together and share ideas and frustrations.  I am so sick of what is happening to our country at every level.  I am from South Alabama..very small town.  My high school was 50/50 black to white.  I had plenty of friends of both races.  I obviously know white people well, but I also spent 18 years growing up and spending time with my black friends and their families too.  I have to say that in my experience, the people that I new that had good values and gave a strong effort in school were successfull and still are...the ones who goofed off and thought school was not "cool" failed and I assume still are somewhere.  Some of them were white and some were black.  The students in advanced classes were black and white.  Even back then some of my friends being ridiculed because they were good students and were trying to "act white"?  Huh?  How could ANYBODY justify a statement like that?  Amazing. 

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I feel that it is time to quit teaching our kids of any race that somebody or some system is actively trying to make sure they fail.  All you have to do is care about yourself enough to get an education, stay out of trouble and have some values and you can make it.  There are successes and failures in every race, but they mostly have to do with motivation, ambition and desire. 

It does none of any good, as Americans, to keep looking up to those that are making a living by making sure we stay divided.   

Chad