I don't think it's a bad idea to have a campaign that increases the awareness of black Canadians who did cool things. It emphasises the fact that not everybody of note in this country came here from England or France. And many of the people on the list may in fact be African-Canadian.
It just struck me as really bizarre to call it Black History Month and then completely ignore the existance of the biggest segment of the black population.
It really turns into something that just looks like some empty-headed well-meaning gesture instead of a genuine effort to educate.
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Date: 2007-02-19 05:36 am (UTC)It just struck me as really bizarre to call it Black History Month and then completely ignore the existance of the biggest segment of the black population.
It really turns into something that just looks like some empty-headed well-meaning gesture instead of a genuine effort to educate.