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Something has puzzled me for a long time now... why isn't there a White History Month?

Posted on 07/26/2010 1:04:48 PM PDT by Ancient Drive

There is a month for just about everything under the sun but this. Why?


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To: Ancient Drive

School history books tend to cover material relevant to the country in question. History, as traditionally taught, is an account of the past exploits of national figures and leaders, combined with bits and pieces about the zeitgeist of various time frames, and national origin narratives. In the US, the national leaders are 99% white, and the origins of American political philosophy are in Europe (roughly 100% white). Having a White History Month in America would be redundant - American history is (mostly) white history, just as Nigerian history is black history and Japanese history is yellow history.


41 posted on 07/26/2010 1:46:12 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always)
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To: Cheesel

It’s good to pay attention to the food that winds up on the calendar, like usually next month Village Inn will have a deal on peach cobbler because August is National Peach Month. You can blow a diet to pieces real cheap using the commemorative month calendar.


42 posted on 07/26/2010 1:46:45 PM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: Ancient Drive

Wasn’t this a month that was officialy recognized by congress?

A congress could refuse to recognize any month based on skin color, I don’t see anyone with that kind of juevos in congress.


43 posted on 07/26/2010 1:52:49 PM PDT by Brett66 (Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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To: Ancient Drive

Oh, for heaven’s sake!!! Were you dropped on you head?


44 posted on 07/26/2010 1:54:25 PM PDT by Unassuaged (I have shocking data relevant to the conversation!)
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To: Ancient Drive

It’s generally assumed that the other months, events, and significant portions of history are reserved for “whites”.

/Crock-o-poop either way
//I asked the same thing in the mid-80’s? Why do we have a black history month, shouldn’t we celebrate historical relevance whenever it is?


45 posted on 07/26/2010 1:54:40 PM PDT by Ro_Thunder (The press wants “Camelot II - The Return of JFK”, and not “Peanuts II - that’s all you’ll have)
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To: Bob J
There are A LOT of stupid FReepers. Jim should have a “stupid-test” before granting membership.

Why do you think we started pre-screening your posts?

46 posted on 07/26/2010 2:17:49 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: Ancient Drive

...for the same reason we don’t have a “white caucus” ... that would be racist. /s


47 posted on 07/26/2010 2:29:47 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (http://www.thepatriotsflag.com - The Patriot's Flag)
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To: Ancient Drive

Black history month is no more confusing than Father’s Day.


48 posted on 07/26/2010 2:34:46 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: Admin Moderator

Ahhhh, good one.


49 posted on 07/26/2010 2:57:22 PM PDT by Bob J (Will all my comments be censored?)
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To: Ancient Drive

RACIST!


50 posted on 07/26/2010 3:02:02 PM PDT by Bon mots ("Anything you say, can and will be construed as racist...")
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"There are A LOT of stupid FReepers. Jim should have a “stupid-test” before granting membership."

Why do you think we started pre-screening your posts?

OUCH!

ROFL!
Love it.

51 posted on 07/26/2010 3:04:07 PM PDT by Bon mots ("Anything you say, can and will be construed as racist...")
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To: Ancient Drive

Because we don’t need empty platitudes to make us feel respected


52 posted on 07/26/2010 3:05:33 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Bob J

Oh yeah. Well what about THIS, Bob?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2559177/posts


53 posted on 07/26/2010 3:07:26 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: FrdmLvr

Post of the day.


54 posted on 07/26/2010 3:10:12 PM PDT by BenKenobi (We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. -Silent Cal)
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To: Ancient Drive
White's boring.

Let's have an Electic Blue with Flames and Pinstripes History Month!

55 posted on 07/26/2010 3:11:13 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: Ancient Drive

The nation knows damn well that without Whitey there would not be an America, and that pi$$es many people off. The truth is often diffcult to accept.

Just like, without Christianity there would not be a West.


56 posted on 07/26/2010 3:15:50 PM PDT by 353FMG (ISLAM - America's inevitable road to destruction.)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

I guess I see it more as knowing what my enemy is going to say before they actually say it. They are so predictable. It’s not about being propagandized, for me, it’s about understanding their warped worldview and what the liberal hypocritical reaction is to various things and situations.


57 posted on 07/26/2010 3:21:41 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Ancient Drive

Same reason there is no “White Entertainment Television” but there has been BET for many years.


58 posted on 07/26/2010 4:59:26 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty (Everytime a democrat loses, a Moonbat gets its wings burned off.)
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To: AppyPappy

My last name is Jabberwocky...


59 posted on 07/26/2010 5:52:29 PM PDT by Bob J (Will all my comments be censored?)
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To: Ancient Drive

Or a French History Month, or a Scandinavian History Month, or a Russian History Month or a Latvian History Month or a Canadian History Month (in the U.S.). The answer is that the imposition of “Multiculturalism” was a fake cause. There are only three “cultures” that the radial Left intended to push. They pushed for a very short list of cultures: Hispanic, African-American and homosexual. All other cultures are barely mentioned in the public square, public school and public library.


60 posted on 07/26/2010 11:39:40 PM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now
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