resolved; black history month ought to be abolished in America.

I am seeing some confusion in the points I’ve made. While I admit there were some contradictions there is minor difficulty in my wording since English is not my first language. I say that blacks endured struggles on the largest scale, meaning there were almost four million black slaves before abolition which equaled about 10% of the total American population. I do not mean their struggle was the most painful or difficult, nor do I mean no other group of people had their struggles. I do not wish to make a spiel about everything my opponent has brought up, it begins to stray from the topic. Again I would like to say that Black History Month is not Slave History Month. My opponent says and questions why other groups of people don’t have a “month”. With a little research we can find that other groups of people actually do have months or a day remembering their history. http://en.wikipedia.org... http://en.wikipedia.org... So the problem is not with Black History Month but with how people interpret it. My opponent agrees Black History Month was created to teach about the history of blacks in America. So what is this debate about? My opponent believes that Black History Month promotes racism and hatred towards caucasians. Prove this. When I see things about black history I don’t feel anger nor hatred towards anyone. I can say that I’m proud that those people endured those struggles and fought for their freedom. Abolition was one of the biggest changes in American History. According to my opponent Black History Month has only made blacks have increased hatred towards others. How? My opponent says: “There is absolutely nothing wrong with honoring one’s roots and history. There is something wrong with reserving that to only one month”. Black History is taught at all times of the year. Black History Month, once again, is only meant to emphasize this history. About the Arab Slave trade… The Arab slave trade still sold blacks to Americans. We do not know where all slaves came from, that is why I say it is not pressing. Mostly black slaves were traded. I have chosen to ignore much of what my opponent has said because I feel it is not relevant. What is wrong with Black History Month? “It is an injustice to other cultures and African Americans, it promotes racism, it separates African-Americans as Americans.” I have yet to see proof of this. Other cultures indeed do have a time of year where they remember their history. Slavery is a main point of Black History Month because most of American history blacks were slaves. Should that main portion be cut out of black history? One may view slavery in America in two ways, whites are evil and enslaved blacks or blacks are a strong people who struggled for their freedom and prevailed. I choose to see it the way it was intended, in a positive way. Every group of people in America has a different history, but those different histories collectively make American history. There is no problem emphasizing the teachings of black history as they indeed have suffered on the largest scale. The black struggle resulted in many deaths. Blacks were the main targets of much racism and prejudice in American history and still are. We can not honestly say that black history is so simple it does not need to be emphasized.