US Women's history month

[rainforests1]

Black history month in February
Women's history month in March
National Hispanic Heritage month in September 15-October 15

Is this getting excessive?

 

[Mischief]

That leaves nine months devoted to white men's history, if my math is correct.

Does this remain excessive?

 

[rainforests1]

That leaves nine months devoted to white men's history, if my math is correct.

Does this remain excessive?

I've never seen a commercial on any of the networks honoring the white male.

 

[ledboots]

I've never seen a commercial on any of the networks honoring the white male.

Just turn on the history channel or open a textbook. Count the non-white males and females in important roles.

Bankers don't need food stamps; white males don't need a flipping honor month.

 

[kibbleforlola]

I've never seen a commercial on any of the networks honoring the white male.

HAhahahahaHaHAHAhahaha.

Oh, wait. You're not joking.

 

[rainforests1]

Show me this commercial if you think I'm wrong. Apparently Native Americans have a month dedicated to them, but I've never seen a commercial honoring them.

 

[Spang]

Black history month in February
Women's history month in March
National Hispanic Heritage month in September 15-October 15

Is this getting excessive?

I hope this doesn't push you over the edge, but there's an Asian-Pacific American Heritage month, too.

 

[Spang]

When's the white male gon' get his time? When, Lord, when?!

 

[ledboots]

Black history month in February
Women's history month in March
National Hispanic Heritage month in September 15-October 15

Is this getting excessive?

Is what getting excessive exactly? Noticing that people (other than white males) have histories, heritages, and legacies worth celebrating?

 

[Amy SF]

Black history month in February
Women's history month in March
National Hispanic Heritage month in September 15-October 15

Is this getting excessive?

I'm curious to know why you think honoring certain groups of people with their own month is a problem to begin with.

I'm also reminded of the time a group of women filmmakers organized a Women's Film Festival in New York to celebrate the women and their films often overlooked by the mainstream media. When one male observer demanded to know why they didn't also organize a men's film festival, the response was that there already IS a men's film festival. It's called "Hollywood".

 

[Spang]

The question we should be asking, is not why we have X History Month, but why X History is not integrated into the curriculum.

 

[ledboots]

I'm curious to know why you think honoring certain groups of people with their own month is a problem to begin with.

I'm also reminded of the time a group of women filmmakers organized a Women's Film Festival in New York to celebrate the women and their films often overlooked by the mainstream media. When one male observer demanded to know why they didn't also organize a men's film festival, the response was that there already IS a men's film festival. It's called "Hollywood".

It's like when kids say, "How come there's a Mother's Day and a Father's Day but no Child Day?

Because every day is Child Day.

 

[rainforests1]

Either all groups get their own month at some point in the year, or none of them do. They all deserve commercials equally. They started off with one group and have shown other groups recently.

I hope this doesn't push you over the edge, but there's an Asian-Pacific American Heritage month, too.

My big problem is the commercials. I've never seen a commercial honoring Asian-Americans either, and they're not in commercials very often. Last I read Asians are the biggest immigrant population in the US. You'd think we'd show them more respect. Muslims are another group the networks don't seem to care for too much.

 

[Scorpius]

It's like when kids say, "How come there's a Mother's Day and a Father's Day but no Child Day?

Because every day is Child Day.

My mother always told me this when I was a kid. It made me so mad.

 

[AeryFairy]

My mother always told me this when I was a kid. It made me so mad.

Mine too. I thought it was such a 'gotcha' question to prove how adults had everything and the world was stacked against me as a poor, unappreciated child.

Then I grew up