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It's the shortest month of the year but with these folks you take what you can get.

let us never forget our harsh history as humans against all odds had to fight a wicked figure just to become FREE.



Think GOD ALL MIGHTY that these men in power at the time had the common sense at lease to write perhaps one of the most powerful statement ever.

"we hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal"

this powerful quote is the only reason GOD has not "judge" America. YET.
 
Black History Month is in February because that is when Lincoln and Frederick Douglas' Birthdays are. If you want to celebrate your heritage in another month, feel free. If you want to celebrate your heritage in all other months, then you are onto something.
 
History ..a subject where we critically look aty events in the past

Black History a subject where black people are celebrated and wild claims are made about their acheivements
 
ataturk said:
History ..a subject where we critically look aty events in the past

Black History a subject where black people are celebrated and wild claims are made about their acheivements
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Word. George Washington skipped a silver dollar across the Potomac while sitting in the cherry tree he was chopping down to carve his own teeth from the wood. Now that is some real truth right there.
 
Declan said:
Black History Month is in February because that is when Lincoln and Frederick Douglas' Birthdays are. If you want to celebrate your heritage in another month, feel free. If you want to celebrate your heritage in all other months, then you are onto something.
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thanks for pointing this out. learn something new everyday
 
Declan said:
Word. George Washington skipped a silver dollar across the Potomac while sitting in the cherry tree he was chopping down to carve his own teeth from the wood. Now that is some real truth right there.
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they teach that all as fact at US secondary schools do they?

Unlike allo the lies they tell about black people inventing Ice Cream and a variety of other things they didnt invent
 
ataturk said:
they teach that all as fact at US secondary schools do they?

Unlike allo the lies they tell about black people inventing Ice Cream and a variety of other things they didnt invent
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Well now that Obama is emperor the blacks will have something to celebrate that might meet your criteria.
 
Declan said:
Well now that Obama is emperor the blacks will have something to celebrate that might meet your criteria.[/QUOTE

The criteria of actually being true you mean?
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Declan said:
Black History Month is in February because that is when Lincoln and Frederick Douglas' Birthdays are. If you want to celebrate your heritage in another month, feel free. If you want to celebrate your heritage in all other months, then you are onto something.
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Ah beat me to it.

However, happy black history month.
 
Jaygodmedia said:
It's the shortest month of the year but with these folks you take what you can get.

let us never forget our harsh history as humans against all odds had to fight a wicked figure just to become FREE.



Think GOD ALL MIGHTY that these men in power at the time had the common sense at lease to write perhaps one of the most powerful statement ever.

"we hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal"

this powerful quote is the only reason GOD has not "judge" America. YET.
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They probably get more daylight time than Jesus gets in December. :lol:
 
sadly there is a top ten of southern states whom commented some of the most wicked acts of evils against other human beings with Mississippi being. #1. But the faith of a people to suvrive through faith just to be free at some point politics needed to enter the picture. and the great state of Texas was having none of this...SMH.
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/wmafr
 
Declan said:
Well now that Obama is emperor the blacks will have something to celebrate that might meet your criteria.
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smh if he was emperor then surely you would not be allowed to say the stuff you do about him. also im unclear with the gop of all the name calling of this man? you also think if he was such a king would he keep asking these losers old ass men to work with him? its been a fun long ride gop enjoy your next 2year's last time you will ever hold any real power at the federal level. thank god make way for the independents!
 
Jaygodmedia said:
smh if he was emperor then surely you would not be allowed to say the stuff you do about him. also im unclear with the gop of all the name calling of this man? you also think if he was such a king would he keep asking these losers old ass men to work with him? its been a fun long ride gop enjoy your next 2year's last time you will ever hold any real power at the federal level. thank god make way for the independents!
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I met him once before he was POTUS, so that makes us like cousins or something, so I'm good ;)

It is fun to make jokes at the republicans, but in the US power goes back and forth. The Americans who determine the election winner are never happy with the same party for very long.
 
I would like to see Black History Month salute all of those white people that fought and died and marched for Black Freedom.
 
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Does this comment come from an idea that they are not remembered?
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No, not at all. I have ggg Uncle who fought for the Union and died at Vicksburg. We're from Tenn.

I have always thought that it would be nice if Black Freedom / Black History month were put into perspective: the young people would get a true accounting.

At the same time that African slaves were being shipped through the Iron Triangle, Scottish dessenters were being shipped through Barbados and sold as slaves as well. There is just so much missing that it irritates me every time Oprah Winfree comes out with a new movie.
 
jet57 said:
No, not at all. I have ggg Uncle who fought for the Union and died at Vicksburg. We're from Tenn.

I have always thought that it would be nice if Black Freedom / Black History month were put into perspective: the young people would get a true accounting.
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I have not seen BHM ignore the Civil War.

At the same time that African slaves were being shipped through the Iron Triangle, Scottish dessenters were being shipped through Barbados and sold as slaves as well. There is just so much missing that it irritates me every time Oprah Winfree comes out with a new movie.
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Hint: It is not "White Slave Month", I think you are losing track of the topic.
 
Gimmesometruth said:
I have not seen BHM ignore the Civil War.


Hint: It is not "White Slave Month", I think you are losing track of the topic.
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No, I'm not. Nor am I trying to derail your thread. I just made a comment that I think is worth noting, and I find it interesting that that particular subject is left out of BHM; it portrays a false sense of the reality and I don't think that fits well into American history and the education thereof.

For instance, a lot of people don't know that the reason a Republican passed a California law in the 60s; with Ronald Reagan's signature attached, is because Oakland Black Panthers were following the police around with with loaded rifles: in case... So THAT law: no loaded carry, is still on the books and enforceable, is something very interesting in California history. I think that it was a prejudicial move.

Now, as for your note on the civil war: we all know that. What we don't share as common knowledge, is that Black Freedom History did not happen in a vacuum, and it would be very deserving, and proper, to make it common knowledge.
 
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No, I'm not.
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When you demand "white slaves" be included in BLACK History....you are utterly off topic.
Nor am I trying to derail your thread.
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It is not my thread. DERP!
I just made a comment that I think is worth noting, and I find it interesting that that particular subject is left out of BHM; it portrays a false sense of the reality and I don't think that fits well into American history and the education thereof.
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Why would Scottish white slavery be included in BLACK History?

For instance, a lot of people don't know that the reason a Republican passed a California law in the 60s; with Ronald Reagan's signature attached, is because Oakland Black Panthers were following the police around with with loaded rifles: in case... So THAT law: no loaded carry, is still on the books and enforceable, is something very interesting in California history. I think that it was a prejudicial move.
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Any other non-sequitur tangents you want to toss in?
Now, as for your note on the civil war: we all know that. What we don't share as common knowledge, is that Black Freedom History did not happen in a vacuum, and it would be very deserving, and proper, to make it common knowledge.
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More straw, who is claiming Black History occurs in a "vacuum"?
 
Gimmesometruth said:
When you demand "white slaves" be included in BLACK History....you are utterly off topic. It is not my thread. DERP!Why would Scottish white slavery be included in BLACK History?

Any other non-sequitur tangents you want to toss in?
More straw, who is claiming Black History occurs in a "vacuum"?
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You are utterly misrepresenting everything I've said. Your anger and prejudice is noted.

:2wave:
 
I personally plan on using the phrase "he do" as much as possible during the month of February, as my own little way of "celebrating"
 
ataturk said:
they teach that all as fact at US secondary schools do they?

Unlike allo the lies they tell about black people inventing Ice Cream and a variety of other things they didnt invent
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And, real achievements of the Blacks, like the fact that the first person in the US to legally own a slave for life was Black and that all slaves were captured in Africa and sold to whites by Blacks, are never mentioned.

Anthony Johnson (colonist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This was the first instance of a judicial determination in the Thirteen Colonies holding that a person who had committed no crime could be held in servitude for life.
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