White History Month

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{{cquote|im against a white history month for the simple reasons that our history is far far to{{sic}} complex and interesting to compress into a single month and if there was a white history month it would be used as a (false)justification for only teaching our history in that single month the rest of the year being slavishly devoted to learning about various [non-white people].|||[[Anglo-Saxon Foundation]] member "wesle".<ref>http://fstdt.net/QuoteComment.aspx?QID=96300</ref>}}
'''White History Month''' is a hypothetical month-long celebration of the white [[race]]'s history. Those who advocate having a White History Month tend to point to the existence of Black History Month and say that, on grounds of racial [[equality]], it is only fair that white people are similarly honoured.<ref>http://wheniswhitehistorymonth.tumblr.com/</ref><ref>http://stuffwhitepeopledo.blogspot.com/2010/02/wonder-why-theres-no-white-history.html</ref> Opponents respond that '''''every''''' month is White History Month,<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-we-dont-need-a-white-history-month_us_56a79202e4b01a3ed123d62f Why We Don’t Need A White History Month]</ref><ref>[http://mic.com/articles/133968/9-tweets-asking-exactly-why-there-s-no-white-history-month-surprised#.cAZtTBUsO 9 Perfect Tweets for Anyone Who Still Doesn't Get Why There's No White History Month]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120524005713/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-02-25/news/0402250120_1_black-history-month-group-of-sociology-students-black-student-population Here's why there is no `White History Month']</ref> and that singling one out would amount to [[white supremacy]].

A prominent supporter is the [[British National Party]], which has picked November as White History Month.<ref>http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2008/11/history-month-white-bnp</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20081113113458/http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/12/bnp-white-history-month-whitewashes-history/</ref> This date, however, is not agreed upon by all proponents - thewhitehistorymonth.com, an [[American]] site, has picked July, presumably because of its connection to the Declaration of Independence.

A key problem with the idea of every ethnic group being assigned a month in pursuit of racial equality: There are more than twelve ethnicities in the world, there aren't enough months in the year to cover them all.<ref group=note>There are already an {{wpl|Asian Pacific American Heritage Month|Asian Pacific American History Month}} and a {{wpl|Jewish American Heritage Month|Jewish American Heritage Month}}, amongst others - if we factor in [[Nationalism|nationality]] as well as race, then obviously we'll fill up the calendar in no time.</ref> In fact, this is already an issue: the BNP's White History Month overlaps with [[Native American]] Heritage Month, also in November.<ref>http://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/</ref>

As an aside, others have proposed a more credible solution to any inequalities that arise from Black History Month: to eventually avoid celebrating it.<ref group=note>[http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3rdcnb/ For example]</ref> "I don't want a Black History Month," said actor Morgan Freeman. "Black history is American history."<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/morgan-freeman-black-history-month-b2564110.html</ref>

==See also==
*[[Racial pride]]
*[[Black Lives Matter]]

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[[Category:Racism]]

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