It's February and that means that it's Black History Month. Personally, I think this month should not be celebrated as Black History Month. I understand the reason it was done and everything, but why have a month set aside to do that? Why not celebrate our contributions year round? This month has gone the same way that Dr. King's birthday has. The education system will never inform anybody of what we have done which is why we have to do it ourselves. This is the one time of the year when all these networks show what they call "classic." Most times it's movies from the black and white era that should be shown, but shouldn't only be shown in February. That is what modern Black actors came from. Back then they had no choice. Now they do, but we still have Tyler Perry. I'm not going down that road here though. African Americans built this country. We don't need a month to validate that. We have to educate ourselves because our history has so much more to offer than we are taught in school.
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