Black History Month Informative Speech
Let's hit the snooze button on Black History Month.
Since 1926 there has been some parts of February recognized for black people around the nation. From Negro History Week invented by the black historian Carter G Woodson to Black History Month created by the Kent State Black Student Union, there has always been some recognition in the 20th century. As of 1976, February has been recognized as Black History month. From that point on, BHM has been 28 days of white people singing kumbaya to black people around the nation and playing the ¨I Have a Dream Speech¨ on replay. But underneath all of the stupidity, BHM is a big “I’m sorry” message to blacks from most white people. If Black History month is an apology, it would take more than a mere 28 days to tell us blacks that. If …show more content…
For those of you saying, ¨We need to get over this, slavery was so long ago,¨ remember that it took another hundred years or so for most black people to have the ability to read and write. Before the alphabet tortured people of color because they did not understand it. Me sitting behind my laptop typing an essay about making a change in the way we celebrate black culture is a blessing in itself! Getting past this is harder than it looks, because we are constantly reminded that this nation was built on the backs of our ancestors. For example, almost every large city on the eastern seaboard was built on the backs of your five great-grandfathers, who then was just the average negro. As masters whip breathed life into to cities just because of the fear it instilled in slaves. Wall Street, where a lot of Americans make money in real time, was built hundreds of years ago by slaves along with the whole city plan of New York City was built by slaves and so was broadway. As you sit in a theatre on broadway just know that the
Since 1926 there has been some parts of February recognized for black people around the nation. From Negro History Week invented by the black historian Carter G Woodson to Black History Month created by the Kent State Black Student Union, there has always been some recognition in the 20th century. As of 1976, February has been recognized as Black History month. From that point on, BHM has been 28 days of white people singing kumbaya to black people around the nation and playing the ¨I Have a Dream Speech¨ on replay. But underneath all of the stupidity, BHM is a big “I’m sorry” message to blacks from most white people. If Black History month is an apology, it would take more than a mere 28 days to tell us blacks that. If …show more content…
For those of you saying, ¨We need to get over this, slavery was so long ago,¨ remember that it took another hundred years or so for most black people to have the ability to read and write. Before the alphabet tortured people of color because they did not understand it. Me sitting behind my laptop typing an essay about making a change in the way we celebrate black culture is a blessing in itself! Getting past this is harder than it looks, because we are constantly reminded that this nation was built on the backs of our ancestors. For example, almost every large city on the eastern seaboard was built on the backs of your five great-grandfathers, who then was just the average negro. As masters whip breathed life into to cities just because of the fear it instilled in slaves. Wall Street, where a lot of Americans make money in real time, was built hundreds of years ago by slaves along with the whole city plan of New York City was built by slaves and so was broadway. As you sit in a theatre on broadway just know that the