Essay On Black History Month

The Black History Month is a time when the children are taught about the inventions that were mostly done by the black pioneers. During this month, the children are taught on the most basic information regarding he black pioneers but the background information is not taught. Due to the shallowness of the lessons in this month, those taught concerning it carry very little significance of an individual such as Charles Drew having invented the blood plasma. This period is celebrated in the month of February and has been controversial for some time. Most individuals especially from the Black Americans argue that this month should not be celebrated. Award winning actor by the name of Morgan Freeman refers to the Black History Month as ‘ridiculous’.

This is because the entire history of the black population is taught to the children in this month implying that all the achievements made by blacks are so little that they can be analyzed in a month. The other reason why the Black History Month shows racism is the idea that it was fixed in the shortest month of the year to further show how few the accomplishments made by blacks are. Since the accomplishments made by the blacks are only taught during this month, it shows that the teachers would not have to bother themselves with it any other time throughout the year making it significantly easy for the students to forget it as well as the accomplishments made by the black people. In addition, racism is also seen in this because there is no white history month. This can be used to show that the whites’ accomplishments are so many that they are celebrated all year round. Moreover, it was derived from the previously celebrated Negro History Week, which was directly racist. This implies that the Black History Month is a pure indication of racism by the whites. Morgan Freeman cements the negativity of the Black History Month by

Specifically, if all people in America are perceived as equal, why is there a month dedicated for a specific minority group? This is used to showcase inequality that is subjected to the black group since if all people were equal then they should act like it and stop dedicating a month to a single group. Essentially, the Black History Month teaches race history. This is direct inequality and would be eliminated through the celebration of something like American History Month that would be dedicated to teaching all races. In addition, whatever the contributions that the black population has made in the U.S should be labeled as American and not Black. Morgan Freeman puts this point across by stating that black history is American History. This is because it was accomplished in the U.S and that the accomplishments are in use and benefiting the overall U.S population. Therefore, it is simply American history. However, instead of showing the importance of the accomplishments made by the black people, a month is set aside to show how low and insignificantly the black people have