Segregation Perfectly Exemplified

sofyst · Tiger Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 830 Location: Tejas

February is a time when all normal observance and study of American or Western history is temporarily suspended and the history of one race is brought to the forefront to be observed and remembered.

It is a time when segregation is perfectly exemplified.

Rather than conveying the truth that black American history is part of all American history, this observance limits black involvement to one month of the year and sends the message that there is a notable difference between black Americans and other Americans, and that their history does not belong with the history of all other Americans.

Perhaps though our country is not ready to mature and become a nation of Americans. Perhaps we are still in our childish stage of being a nation of African-Americans and Euro-Americans and Asian-Americans, and not yet ready to be a country of simply Americans.

But even so, even in this stage of immaturity that we may be in, we should not think that our immaturity warrants our unfairness or inequality. For even while toddlers or within preschool, while we were still allowed our immature and childish ways, we were taught to be fair and equal in our actions. While we were allowed still to be immature, we were mandated by rule of equality to be fair.

If we are unable to see ourselves as one people, should we not attempt to treat the different peoples equally?

Let us have our black history month and remember this race's great contribution to this country. But let us not forget the other races. With our black history month let us create an Oriental history month, or a Hispanic history month. For these races have contributed to this country as well.

Our country may not be ready to see ourselves as one people, and to simply remember the history of Americans, but let us not segregate ourselves between our races and give to one race what we are unwilling to give to another. For after all, that is the injustice that the great African-American fathers and mothers combated many years ago...
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sofyst · Tiger Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 830 Location: Tejas

I guess since there are no opposing arguments we can chalk this up to yet another wonderful cry of the truth by which the evil of segregation is to be cast down!!
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P1234567890 · Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 3:05 am Post subject:

What were you expecting, some racist here to debate with you?
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