When Is White History Month?

[Spartacus]

We recognize black history month specifically because otherwise there wouldn't be much attention paid to it.

back in college it was common to drop a course and enroll in a night school course for the easy subsitute credit

so about 6 of us in the frat took "black american history"
ordinarily this school is like 96% white
but night school was different,it was cheaper and easier
so about 66% of "black american history" was black

cut to the chase we had an oral presentation assignment
and it was to be on any significant black historical person in US history

well we in the frat did our research and did our presentations on relatively obscure figures
mine was on W.E.B. Dubois

and of course all the blacks either did martin luther or that guy who discovered peanut butter
george washington carver

the comedy being the looks on the blacks faces when each of us white boys pulled a name from the hat they hadn't a clue about

of course the instructor figured out our little game
what could he do

we all got A's
but I'm sure they did too


p.s. this was back in 1984 and a movie hadn't been made about malcolm X
so none of the blacks knew about him back then

otherwise we'd a heard about it

 

[Spartacus]

Here in Maine, usually December. The few black people around in December usually look like fudgsicles

heh

 

[Spartacus]

My ECONOMICS degree with a minor in FINANCE says otherwise.

That's about the dumbest thing I've ever read on EF!

he forgets about chinese "coolie" labor
and fuck he lives out west

 

[jh1]

of course the instructor figured out our little game
what could he do

I am trying to figure out what your game was, exactly?

Not taking the easy route and picking a someone that has a ton of material readily available and easily regurgitated?

 

[javaguru]

I'm confused.

Everyday on EF, as long as I and Spartacus post.....

 

[Phaded]

back in college it was common to drop a course and enroll in a night school course for the easy subsitute credit

so about 6 of us in the frat took "black american history"
ordinarily this school is like 96% white
but night school was different,it was cheaper and easier
so about 66% of "black american history" was black

cut to the chase we had an oral presentation assignment
and it was to be on any significant black historical person in US history

well we in the frat did our research and did our presentations on relatively obscure figures
mine was on W.E.B. Dubois

and of course all the blacks either did martin luther or that guy who discovered peanut butter
george washington carver

the comedy being the looks on the blacks faces when each of us white boys pulled a name from the hat they hadn't a clue about

of course the instructor figured out our little game
what could he do

we all got A's
but I'm sure they did too


p.s. this was back in 1984 and a movie hadn't been made about malcolm X
so none of the blacks knew about him back then

otherwise we'd a heard about it

laying it down..

 

[Spartacus]

Anyone ever heard of an african-european? That is what I thought.

I would expect more of you lilstats, but I know better.

somebody on-air major goofed when he refered to lennox lewis as an african-american

 

[heavy_duty]

lmao

 

[Spartacus]

 

[bigmann245]

no, just a little ignorant of the fact that almost all history classes in the US focus on US (white) history exclusively.

because in history blacks were slaves and were not allowed to do anything important. until the underground railroad and such there is no mention of anything significant. this country was founded by whites so thats why there is so much history about whites. but in my college history classes we do history year by year and we do talk about significant black history events. even in grammer school i was taught it but then again i was in a school where black was the majority then there was me.