I can't stand Black History Month
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Every month is British History Month.
The future, not so much.
@Doctor-Phibes said in I can't stand Black History Month:
Every month is British History Month.
False. Every month is Roman history month
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Don't want white history month. Or American Indian History Month. Or Japanese History Month.
To quote Yul Brynner, "Etc., etc , etc.".
The strength of America is the defactionalization of the Melting Pot.
We've got some great all-inclusive national holidays...Fourth of July, President's Day, Veteran's Day...Celebrate them as Americans, no matter race, creed or color.
Agreed. Would be nice to focus on and celebrate our collective identity as Americans. It would help the nation heal from past injustices more than one might think.
A melting pot we are, but we need to melt. Otherwise we’re more of a salad that is mixed together but not transformed.
It’s not perfect but I have enjoyed the cultural change going from Northern Virginia to Minnesota. There is a more cohesive feel here whereas in Northern Virginia it was highly fragmented. Pockets of cultures (ethnicity, language, etc) that never mix. No central identity. Somewhat because it’s a transient area where people come for jobs but later leave. In Minnesota, it’s all hot dishes, Scandinavian flags, and passive aggressive niceness.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in I can't stand Black History Month:
@Mik said in I can't stand Black History Month:
Apparently we are from around Manchester, so Lancastrian.
I'm London AF according to my DNA. Even more so than Phibes, much to my dismay.
My dad was from Twickenham, my mother was from what is now Greater Manchester, so I'm half and half. The London side of the family originally came from Lancashire and Ireland and some of the Altrincham side came from France, via Brighton.
I'm a mutt, IOW. And proud of it.
At least I'm not Welsh. My wife has Welsh ancestry mixed with Austro-Hungarian. Her great grandfather was an Austrian/Hungarian concert violinist FFS.
At least I'm not Welsh
You realize the Tudors, all Lancastrians, were Welsh. To top it off, they were also half French.
