Yesterday's Enterprise...

[Ehesef]

Check out this letter to the editor...
Does anyone else think that this chick is setting herself up for an egging? It seems to me that she has some valid points, but I think she could have expressed them better. She comes off as a little racist, but I think she was just looking for equality in the treatment of BHM vs. Other holidays and History months....

What say you?

 

[RoseRed]

:canofworms:

 

[cattitude]

I like the article on the sports page of the Recorder much better.

 

[PrchJrkr]

Check out this letter to the editor...
Does anyone else think that this chick is setting herself up for an egging? It seems to me that she has some valid points, but I think she could have expressed them better. She comes off as a little racist, but I think she was just looking for equality in the treatment of BHM vs. Other holidays and History months....

What say you?

Racism isn't a crime. To each his/her own.:shrug:

 

[SouthernMdRocks]

Check out this letter to the editor...
Does anyone else think that this chick is setting herself up for an egging? It seems to me that she has some valid points, but I think she could have expressed them better. She comes off as a little racist, but I think she was just looking for equality in the treatment of BHM vs. Other holidays and History months....

What say you?

All I can say about that is when I was in school we didn't celebrate Black History Month and I clearly remember learning about and writing a report on Harriet Tubman and Martin Luther King. I wasn't made to. I chose them and others because I thought they were really great people who made a difference in history, had nothing to do with their color.

 

[chernmax]

She should fly a 10 foot Rebel flag from her pickup while doing donuts in the school parking lot in protest... Written in true SMIB fashion.

 

[nomoney]

I agree with doing away with the history month, but not ban the subject. Why it can't just be streamlined into "American History" and be taught all year long I have no clue :shrug:

 

[Ehesef]

I agree with doing away with the history month, but not ban the subject. Why it can't just be streamlined into "American History" and be taught all year long I have no clue :shrug:

 

[SouthernMdRocks]

I agree with doing away with the history month, but not ban the subject. Why it can't just be streamlined into "American History" and be taught all year long I have no clue :shrug:

That's right. The way it used to be worked just fine. Enough of the "politically correct" BS.

 

[vraiblonde]

I love that letter

She definitely comes off sounding like a nut, that's for sure.

 

[chernmax]

I agree with doing away with the history month, but not ban the subject. Why it can't just be streamlined into "American History" and be taught all year long I have no clue :shrug:

I'm down with that also...

 

[mizteresa1965]

shh......Look out..........I think I just saw Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton racing each other down Route 5 towards Leonardtown.

 

[SouthernMdRocks]

shh......Look out..........I think I just saw Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton racing each other down Route 5 towards Leonardtown.

OM...

 

[oldman]

I though she came across as a racist also. I agree with Nomo but I can also see why BHM exists. Perhaps my memory isn't all the vivid but during my school years (ages ago) I honestly can't remember being taught about famous Black people. Is that because they weren't recognized or was it because there just weren't that many? In that regard BHM brought a lot of them to the forefront. I think I remember Mr. Douglas that messed with peanuts but at the time that wasn't as interesting as Mr. Crapper and his invention. I remember spending lots of time learning the Presidents, in order, but there was a lot less of them at the time. There were also two States I didn't have to name. I learned considerably about Ms Tubman but only after I met a Tubman whose family were slave owners and where she undoubtably acquired her surname here in SoMd.

 

[proudof3]

Ignorance....

First of all this lady should have researched her opinions further into depth before posting comments/opinions that are totally onesided being her side. She needs to apply her so call knowledge to doing some real reading and educating herself to know why Black History Month originated instead of applying her time and energy to posting comments in newspapers leaving the impression to me that she is very ignorant.

Here's some history for her and facts. Black History Month was started by Dr. Carter G. Woodson (A Black Man) who choose the second week of February because it corresponded to the birthdays of Frederick Douglass (Another Black Man) and Abraham Lincoln (A White Man). Correct me if I'm wrong, but the last time I checked Abraham Lincoln was a White man. You came off making your comments that I take offense to because you made it seem about race when in all reality it's not. In today's society and throughout the years the meaning of Black History Month may have been turned around to focus only on Blacks, but it's not all about race.

 

[casey04]

I'm down with that also...

Just teach as part of American History!!

 

[casey04]

First of all this lady should have researched her opinions further into depth before posting comments/opinions that are totally onesided being her side. She needs to apply her so call knowledge to doing some real reading and educating herself to know why Black History Month originated instead of applying her time and energy to posting comments in newspapers leaving the impression to me that she is very ignorant.

Here's some history for her and facts. Black History Month was started by Dr. Carter G. Woodson (A Black Man) who choose the second week of February because it corresponded to the birthdays of Frederick Douglass (Another Black Man) and Abraham Lincoln (A White Man). Correct me if I'm wrong, but the last time I checked Abraham Lincoln was a White man. You came off making your comments that I take offense to because you made it seem about race when in all reality it's not. In today's society and throughout the years the meaning of Black History Month may have been turned around to focus only on Blacks, but it's not all about race.

I am sure the lady did not mean to offend you.

 

[Merlin99]

I didn't have to worry about black history month until I was in the Navy, it just wasn't an issue to schools in the 70's. The Navy though, decided black history month was to include chitlins at least 3 times a week.

 

[Ehesef]

First of all this lady should have researched her opinions further into depth before posting comments/opinions that are totally onesided being her side. She needs to apply her so call knowledge to doing some real reading and educating herself to know why Black History Month originated instead of applying her time and energy to posting comments in newspapers leaving the impression to me that she is very ignorant.

Here's some history for her and facts. Black History Month was started by Dr. Carter G. Woodson (A Black Man) who choose the second week of February because it corresponded to the birthdays of Frederick Douglass (Another Black Man) and Abraham Lincoln (A White Man). Correct me if I'm wrong, but the last time I checked Abraham Lincoln was a White man. You came off making your comments that I take offense to because you made it seem about race when in all reality it's not. In today's society and throughout the years the meaning of Black History Month may have been turned around to focus only on Blacks, but it's not all about race.

I fail to understand how black history month is not about race.

 

[proudof3]

Let me repost...The creation of Black History Month was not solely based upon race, but it was about contributions in general regardless of race. We all celebrate various holidays, but race is not mentioned as factor in debating whether it should be eliminated or not talked about. The majority of federal holidays are based around non Afro Americans.