I definitely agree with you and I recognize that Black History Month has become a watered-down, repetitive "tape-recorded" replay of the same program and messages, but I am asking what you would like to see happen? Am I to assume that by your examples that you want a week-long event full of remembrances and acknowledgements of these types of facts or what? Specifically, what are you proposing in addition to or instead of BHM?
For me, I am one who cannot stand for people to talk the talk and not walk the walk. We can have as many symbolic months or events or commemorations as there are days in a year, but if there are no tangible activities that counter what the past has left us with today, what is the point? For example, we just commemorated the anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education case and I have heard so much commentary about the current blatant segregation of the nation's education system and how after 50 years there is still little to show for what was supposed to be such a landmark case. I also went to a Democratic Meetup last night where we discussed ( a little bit) this very issue and spoke about how I have really yet to hear any programmatic Democratic response to Pres. Bush's No Child Left Behind Act other than to poor more money into the education system. I just don't see anything actually happening on a national level to fix some of the problems that are staring us dead in the face.
So while, yes, I agree that our children need to know from whence we have come, I also want them to witness people actually working toward resolution of the problems and seeing results.
I hope I am clear and that you don't take this in any way as an attack on you, perhaps you can look at it as a concurrence with what you have already said plus some additional comments
