blunthought:

I do not recognize “Black History Month.” I do my best to spend time and energy to recognize Black History…Period.

There are no time restraints to that…. It can certainly never fit inside of one month, once a year…

Black History is American History.
It’s also a history of great betrayal, suffering and pure hatred.
It’s also a history of innovation, strength and passionate endurance.
Black History is a history of survival in the face of a goliath called Imperial Whiteness.

Though I do believe it’s important to not place a time constraint on Black History, you better believe I’m going to be saturating my conversations, my papers, my e-mails, my social networking with Black History during February. I recognize it as an opportunity to start the conversation about “History Months” in general.