Slavery Remembrance (double post)

[enlightenment06]

With Holocaust Remembrance events going on this week, the importance of remembering our history once again comes to the forefront. On my campus there are prominent displays of Holocaust Remembrance

This had lead me to wonder: should we have a Slavery Remembrance Day or Week, etc.? The legacy of slavery is one of the building blocks of our nation and there is no way to adquately grasp and understand United States history without it, yet not a greal is known generally about that peculiar institution. There is already a day called Juneteenth which honors the day the last slaves of African descent in the United States were freed by the Union Army, but only a small number of Americans know anything about Juneteenth (or slavery at all for that matter).
NOTE: This is not a comparison of the worst genocide ever in Western history. Holocaust Remembrance is mentioned merely a point of reference for discussion, not the crux of it.

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[Steeltrap]

I don't care to post on racial/political topics in Chit Chat (for obvious reasons), so I will give you thoughts here.

It would be a good idea to have this, but realistically I don't see it happening on a government level. The majority society still can't bring itself to acknowledge what happened and the lingering effects today.
More likely, it would be groups such as the NAACP that may be vehicles to put this in the forefront.

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally posted by Steeltrap
I don't care to post on racial/political topics in Chit Chat (for obvious reasons), so I will give you thoughts here.

Ditto on that ST.

Originally posted by deuika
Black History Month doesn't do it for me personally. We have a month to discuss ALL the important contributions our people made to this country, to the world? Why can't we discuss everyone's history all year long? All people contributed. This whole "sectioning off" days of the year just bothers me period.

I feel the same way.

Our education system needs to be overhauled. This information should be included in great detail in the history books of our elementary, jr. high/middle, and high schools in addition to the all of the other cultures that have contributed to the making of this nation. If this were the case, this discussion may not even be taking place..

For me, one day isn't enough. People have gotten so blah-say (sp?) over the fact that we celebrate 1 month and have seem to overlook the true importance of it all.