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Originally posted by Ideal08
Good question. It's already a sad shame we only get a month (outside of the home) to teach and share our history. But at the same time, like you said, it's AMERICAN history. IDEALly, we should be learning about all these folks anyway. But since we don't, almost every ethnicity has a month (again, that's sad):
Feb: Black folk
Mar: Women folk
May: Asian folk
Sep: Hispanic folk (but it begins on the 15th of the month)
Nov: Native American folk (originated by W's daddy)
So, we shouldn't have to share in February. But we will because who wants to focus on a different colored every month? And then ALL colored and non-colored women folk in March. If we did that, we'd NEVER be able to learn REAL American History. 
I guess I said all that to say, yes, we are diluting the significance of Black History.
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Yes, but Black History Month (as it is known in Canada) and Women's History get heck of a lot more publicity than the other months. If you were to ask a random person around here, regardless of culture or gender, they'll probably not be able to tell you that, say, May is Asian History/Heritage Month (hey, I don't even know what it's called!), but they'll be able to tell you that February is Black History Month.
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