Black History Month is a time for recognizing African American people who have excelled, overcome, altered the course of black history, and who have aided in the long often-overwhelming struggle for equality and civil rights in America. It is a month long celebration for a people who have struggled with freedoms in every aspect of the word.
Hope for marijuana supporters and consumers in California has reached an all time high with the “Regulate, Control, and Tax Cannabis Act” initiative on the path for the November ballot.
On January 29, 2010 we lost one of the greatest writers of our time, J.D. Salinger. He was an enigma of a man, literary genius, and recluse; who at the height of his career shunned accolades and instead chose the path less traveled. He left in his wake one of the most celebrated literary characters of all time, one Holden Caulfield.
What purpose remains for bringing awareness to the fact that we ALL are indeed different? The month no longer stands as an acknowledgement of social equality but instead perpetuates racism, reminding each and every American that they are slightly more Irish, Russian, Chinese, Bulgarian or Haitian than their neighbor.
Black History Month is not meant to remind us of our differences and segregate us. It’s meant to give African-Americans a sense of cultural pride and knowledge.
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