Black History Month = Bullshit

Let's just get straight to the point - I cannot stand Black History Month. As a person that went to a high school, which mainly consisted of black people or people from black origins, this came as a shock. I mean, I'm black. I should obviously like a month that's dedicated to the history of the black man and shows the things that the Negro race has achieved over the past years. But is it really necessary? Do we seriously need a particular month dedicated to a section of history?

No. We don't. It's utter bullshit.

Firstly, the history events that are taught in black history month do not contain black history that affects the majority of black people.  I remember getting pissed off in school assemblies when Martin Luther King's famous speech 'I Have a Dream' was shown, and students were quoted it word for word. I remember how much my blood boiled when Rosa Parks' bus story was told in English lessons and how pompous people became when they heard about it.

Don't get me wrong - I appreciate all the things that these black individuals have done or achieved. Martin Luther King's speech is absolutely brilliant, no doubt about it. And I find it great how Rosa Parks made a stand in the bus and created the bus protests in the '60's. However, even though these events have had an impact on history, they are not the only thing that make up black history. And yet, they seem to be the only events that we are educated about. Also, they only affected Americans in the 60's and the not the other 90% of black people around the world

Secondly, why do we need a specific month to educate people about black history? Why can't it just be part of the curriculum, like Roman history, Egyptian history or German history? We don't have an 'Egyptian history month' or a 'Second World War history month', so why should we have one for black history. Creating a month for it will only raise awareness for a short period and not educate individuals about it, like every other historical topic.

Also, why do we always have to focus on the most negative events that happened to blacks? Slavery, the civil rights stuff that happened in America, the fact that black people had to deal with racism for decades? Why can't we focus on the sections of black history that are actually interesting and educational, and do not only focus on the shit blacks have been through? If you were to teach black history, why wouldn't you include history that the majority of black people would like to know? Perhaps various African cultures, African religions and traditions, attitudes towards black people in the UK in the 50's and 60's seem like reasonable topics to teach individuals, rather than the entire negative stuff that happened in America!

I probably haven't expressed myself so well in this post, but what I'm trying to say that Black History Month should be banned and that black history should be included in the school curriculum. One month will not educate people about it, but entering it in history books will. Even when they're included in the history books, they should consist of black history that is actually reflective of all black people, rather than a majority of slave relatives that protested across the Atlantic. 

Here's a video of Morgan Freeman expressing his thoughts about BHM, better than I did in this entire post.