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I've been wondering about this for awhile..
Why is there a Black history month, and not White history month.?
Why is there a Miss Black America, but the Miss America is for all races?
There are Black Food Festivals.
There are Scholarships just for the black.
And why is Presidents Day for all Presidents, but MLK has his own day, but wasn't a president? I realize he was a big part of Black history, but I don't think he should get his own Day.
Sorry if all this offends anyone, I'm just curious.
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Dominus · 31-35, M
Typically white history is pretty much covered by history being televised most any time.

Ms. Black America began in 1968, sixteen years before the first Ms American who was black and well before they were allowed to enter the pageant. From the 1930's until 1971 the Miss America Pageants criteria were that "contestants must be of good health and of the white race." Therefore at the time of it's founding the Miss America Pageant was not for all races.

There are food festivals for every ethnic group you can imagine.

Scholarships for black students were originally intended to boost diversity and provide a select few minority students the opportunities to advance their education. Yet you can provide scholarships to whomever you choose if you fund them.

Presidents Day is to honor George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, not all presidents.

Martin Luther King Jr. is considered a civil rights leader more so than a black leader. We all have civil rights and all benefit from them.

I am not offended but do wish that you looked this information up yourself because it would be far more beneficial had you read it from the sources.

A better question would have been why is there a Columbus Day, or Shark Week?
🙄 @Dominus
Dominus · 31-35, M
@Spoiledbrat "it is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt" (You made the right choice)
Fuck off @Dominus
Mexicans come here just get to welfare unlike black people who are already here. @Dominus
Dominus · 31-35, M
@Spoiledbrat Oh, do they ever contribute anything like picking our crops? Serving in our military? Working as professors, doctors, Attorney General or as a Supreme Court Justice? If not too bad Trump didn't make them pay for the wall that he never built, LOL
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The fact that they come here in large numbers for the purpose of getting a ‘better‘ life speaks volumes. @Dominus
Dominus · 31-35, M
@Spoiledbrat Indeed it does as it is the same reason we all came here or our ancestors did.