Comments on: ATR 61 – Do we need Black History Month? – 02/26/2007 http://www.addictedtorace.com/2007/02/26/atr-61-do-we-need-black-history-month-02262007/ Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:15:51 -0800 hourly 1 By: Daniel http://www.addictedtorace.com/2007/02/26/atr-61-do-we-need-black-history-month-02262007/comment-page-1/#comment-18492 Daniel Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:47:49 +0000 http://www.addictedtorace.com/?p=128#comment-18492 Anybody who thinks that we don't need Black History Month has either been living in another dimension or in the state called denial. I am surprised that this is considered a legitimate question. I noticed that the negativity directed towards the month has increased in recent years. This year seemed to be very quiet. People who are interested in the truth know what an important contribution black people have made to both America and the world. It is sad that people seemed to be threatened by this. Daniel Anybody who thinks that we don’t need Black History Month has either been living in another dimension or in the state called denial. I am surprised that this is considered a legitimate question. I noticed that the negativity directed towards the month has increased in recent years. This year seemed to be very quiet. People who are interested in the truth know what an important contribution black people have made to both America and the world. It is sad that people seemed to be threatened by this.

Daniel

]]> By: Sallie Goetsch http://www.addictedtorace.com/2007/02/26/atr-61-do-we-need-black-history-month-02262007/comment-page-1/#comment-16918 Sallie Goetsch Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:10:34 +0000 http://www.addictedtorace.com/?p=128#comment-16918 Hi, Carmen. Yes, you pronounced my name right. Your comment name field doesn't have room for the "rhymes with sketch" part. Anyway, that letter about black history month reminds me of a time my brother was foolish enough to ask a female classmate why they had women's studies but not men's studies. "Of course they have men's studies," she said. "It's called 'history.'" There's already too much American history to fit it all into a standard educational curriculum, but leaving out everyone but the British and their descendants isn't the answer. Hi, Carmen.

Yes, you pronounced my name right. Your comment name field doesn’t have room for the “rhymes with sketch” part.

Anyway, that letter about black history month reminds me of a time my brother was foolish enough to ask a female classmate why they had women’s studies but not men’s studies. “Of course they have men’s studies,” she said. “It’s called ‘history.’”

There’s already too much American history to fit it all into a standard educational curriculum, but leaving out everyone but the British and their descendants isn’t the answer.

]]> By: Minotaar http://www.addictedtorace.com/2007/02/26/atr-61-do-we-need-black-history-month-02262007/comment-page-1/#comment-16831 Minotaar Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:01:37 +0000 http://www.addictedtorace.com/?p=128#comment-16831 I think its really great that there are people who are thinking about the diversity of the schools that their children attend. My question is: what is the ideally diverse school? Elite private universities clearly dont have it right, considering the vast double standard applied to overachieving asian students. Merit based admissions bias against students in the many underequipped and undereducated education systems. Forcibly balancing schools to have equal proportions of all races will result in variations in academic standards. I think its sad, but we really need to be able to provide educational administrators something more concrete. I think its really great that there are people who are thinking about the diversity of the schools that their children attend. My question is: what is the ideally diverse school?

Elite private universities clearly dont have it right, considering the vast double standard applied to overachieving asian students. Merit based admissions bias against students in the many underequipped and undereducated education systems.
Forcibly balancing schools to have equal proportions of all races will result in variations in academic standards. I think its sad, but we really need to be able to provide educational administrators something more concrete.

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