Your missing the point it's the white narcissistic way that this is portrayed it's almost like making fun of blacks so you gotta make a white history month whites didn't have the struggle like blacks so stop being racist and ignorant DUDE!
stanley oleyte wtf fuck are u talking about that's not racist do u even know what racist means im not saying he isn't racist but putting up a sign saying white history month is not racist. are u saying talking about black culture is racist or is it the fact that I am referring it, in that way is racist, if so that's just petty
TheAmericanCanadian Said the white customers who stopped coming in to buy his sandwiches. If this clip doesn't explain perfectly to you why he's going out of businesses I don't know what would.
TheAmericanCanadian you realise black history month is there because their history their culture got destroyed by the slave trade, that month celebrates black people and what they've done, this has not in any way happened to the white people of america, and because of this he's showing his ignorance of the situation.
*"We did that to them"... No Jimmy, we didn't do that, I didn't choose to be white, I won't apologize for being white, I don't condone or support what happened historically, and if it happened today I'd stand up for the rights of my fellow human beings. I won't be arrogant and assume how much social advantage one has based on the color of their skin or from which country their great grandfather came from. It's a damn shame ignorant people do ignorant things, but I no more had the choice of which sex I am than who my parents were, I won't apologize for the actions of my forefathers. Grow a fucking pair.*
Black People: We want our heritage taught in schools too. Can you add us into the history class curriculum? White People: No, but we will give you one month out of the year where we pretend to care about your history. Black People: Whatever. It's better than nothing I guess... -decades later White People: HOW COME THEY GET THEIR OWN MONTH BUT WE DON'T!!!11!!12! Black People: *face palm
senbon7 Black people: why aren't we featured on mainstream tv, or in stereotypical roles White people: STOP COMPLAINING AND MAKE YOUR OWN WAY, WE DON'T CATER TO YOU * BET * White People: OMG THAT'S REVERSE RACISM IF WE MADE WHITE CHANNELS IT'D BE AN OUTRAGE
Ehh Annoying hence why they are called “blacks” in America and not certain African countries because their culture or roots was taken away from them duh?!
Personally I assumed the whole point of Black History month was for African Americans to spend time to get back some of their heritage which was lost due to slavery stripping them of their language, culture, and way of life. With that particular thought in mind, I think it would be a bit redundant for a White History month since I don't recall any point in history where European based languages and cultures were systematically wiped out and replaced with something else.
rahn45 have you forgotten the entire conquest of Europe by rome? english isn’t my ethnicity’s native language; it’s Gaelic and Roman Catholic isn’t our native faith, It’s Paganism/Druidism so yea, European Cultures have indeed been wiped out and replaced.
skelitonking- You seem aggrieved. It doesn't seem quite an apt analogy to the experience of people from Africa, however. Perhaps there's a video somewhere, of a Gaelic person's experience appearing to be diminished by a sign in a business owned by a Roman Catholic, where your apprehensions may be more relevant. I will definitely support you in expressing your concerns.
@@skelitonking117 our worst mistake was allowing this horrible idea of multiculturalism to take hold in the west. watching our high culture be muddled in the main stream. We cannot elevate our people because its racist but we have rap music. Its also the west where we should be dominant.
Walter II According to TYT, it's racist to celebrate your own race, unless your black. I'm fucking done with TYT after this, their far leftist extremism is becoming as nazi like as the conservatives.
there's nothing wrong with being proud of your heritage (of which you had no control) and there's not even anything wrong with wanting a white history month... but it's a bit redundant, don't you think? the reason other ethnicities want "a month of their own" is because they (we) have been ignored... histories have been buried in lies and outright ignorance... this country was founded on the backs of slave labor and blood and yet children get 28 days to learn about black people and the rest of the school year is dedicated to our "forefathers"... you wanna know why black people are upset? because in order for our country to heal of racism, were being told we need to bury and ignore and FORGET the atrocities committed upon us... that's not how it works... we want RECOGNITION... a teacher who witnesses a child punch another child in the face will, at the least, force that child to apologize... what sense would it make to say "oh, he won't do it again (even tho he does it three times a week) so let's just forget it happened..." when you ignore it, it COMES BACK... history repeats itself... I honestly don't know why this concept is so hard to digest... we were hurt, we are STILL getting hurt... all we want is for people to acknowledge our plight, for the perpetrators to be punished, and for it to STOP... end of story
jenniferthomas28 Noticing that blacks are their own worst enemy, and calling them on it when they start playing this blame game isn't racism it's honesty.
Zaphod7835 I don't want revenge and I've never shot anyone in my life... never even handled a gun... your assumptions are amazing... as for what I do want, it's CLEARLY stated in my original comment... in a day and age when people are JUST NOW finding out about black babies being ripped from their mothers wombs and being used as alligator bait, you cannot tell me that school books are accurate.. it's been PROVEN that our people's history has been covered up and is being done so TO THIS DAY... don't believe me? TN tea baggers were tryING to eliminate slavery from all textbooks simply because they didn't like the "light" it put their forefathers into... look it up... racism has not ended my friend, and while you sit their in your ignorance claiming that "it did stop" countless minority lives are being snuffed out at the hands of close-minded bigots who fear being uprooted from their so called positions of white power... I dont blame ALL white people... I blame people like YOU who keep this country fueled with hate by refusing to accept, acknowledge and alleviate... we cannot come together as one people until we treat each other as one people... and that, sir, has NOT HAPPENED
***** What history do you think is undertaught? And what demonizing programs are you referring to? Do you believe there is something fundamentally different about minorities that make them less capable of working, leading law abiding lives, or resisting drugs?
Cycling in Edmonton from the Eyes of a Teen What are you basing that claim on? What evidence have you evaluated to come to that conclusion. We are both from edmonton, so let's look at something closer to home... there are parallels here in Canada with our aboriginal communities... do you beleive there is a culture that includes higher rates of alcoholism in Canadian aboriginal communities or is that just a racist myth too? Patterns exist, including patterns of elevated drug and crime statistics in certain communities, where there is elevated drugs and crime you will find elevated rates of conviction.
So...people stopped going to his place for a few days and now he is bankrupt and bill collectors are sending him notices? Hahaha, sounds like the guy is trying to ride the cash train he saw that other bigot get. He had a failing business and was in debt so decided to manufacture some controversy for a gofundme.
Ivory Oasis Liberals just butthurt they lose every SJW contest. $850k for a family business that stood up to the leftist witch hunt. lol how mad are you?
Ivory Oasis Didn't even think of it in that respect, I bet you're right. The first thing that did seem weird was the fact that he was gone in like a week.... and businesses don't go bankrupt in a week.
PHILL SHIVELY The sign _is_ racist. But then, by the same rationale, so is the notion of _'Black_ History Month.' Particularly since it's so often misused as a mechanism for perpetuating racial guilt. i don't think that was the original purpose back when it was 'Negro History Week.'
There is no such thing as white history. Just as there is no such thing as black history. There's Irish history, French history, Finnish history, Kenyan history, Egyptian history etc. In the states, black history refers to African American history, since all other conventional history in the states focuses on Europeans and white Americans. Hearing the stories and struggles of your ancestors and seeing how people overcame obstacles and what mistakes they made, is important for one's understanding of their background and identity. So no, there's nothing "unfair" about having black history month, although I'm sure most black individuals would rather prefer that 'black history' was taught as a part of regular history, rather than segregated to one single month. That way it would be fair.
***** There's no such thing as white heritage either though... just English/German/French/Swedish heritage. Not having generic 'white heritage' is a luxury, it means you know most likely know where your ancestors came from and where your roots are from, it means you get to feel part of a unique ancestry rather than a generic one under the label "white". Many African Americans don't have the privilege, because they have no clue what country/background/culture/land they originally came from, so they have to make do with "black heritage", but more often than not that means they their heritage only begins with the start of slavery, rather than what happened before that since their original names, language and culture were destroyed with slavery and occupation. I'm from Finland and I know my ancestors come from Russia, I know the unique history from both nations and can trace this history back for some time. My heritage is very different from that of a white Irish man or a white Belgium person. That's why we can't really say it's the same heritage just because our skin tones are similar.
DeadButBreathing African American history _is_ taught as regular history. The only reason a black history month even exists is because African Americans, being such a small minority who were oppressed for so long, inevitably did not contribute nearly as much to the history. However, when African Americans _did_ contribute a lot, they _are_ talked about. When you say you want "black history" to be part of regular history what you really mean is you want to give African Americans _more_ coverage. If you actually went to school in black history month, most of the black history is stuff that really has no room in a history class anyways, because it's very unimportant things. No one is "oppressing" black history. It's just this country is over 70% European American and has been dominated by European Americans for so long that the history mostly consists of European Americans. That's like going to France and crying that they aren't integrating "Mexican history" into the history classes. History is taught mainly based on wars, legislation, and social movements. Any time an African American is influential in one of these things, they are taught about. I learned of tons and tons of African Americans in regular history class. We were taught about them when they were relevant, and we didn't talk about them when they weren't relevant. You can't change history to pretend that European Americans and African Americans both had equal influence. That's just patently absurd.
***** Thing is these people don't even know what country they are from. You think the blacks who have been here for generations know if they are Kenyan or Nigerian? Their culture has been destroyed the only thing they are certain of is that they're black(African-American)
No, it's because they had their history erased. Ask black people if they are Yoruba, Danhomy, Congo, part European, part Native American. They do not know because this information was intentionaly erased. Ask white (or Asia or Latino) people where their ancestors came from. Most of them know. If they care to know. If they do not know, it is bother they have not bothered to find out. The ones who came later, Italians, Jews, Irish, generally do know. They ones who came earlier, English, Scotish, Dutch, Germans, are less likely to know.But they could if they looked into it.
To follow up, i *did* unsub these guys, i found them to be the paragon of extreme leftism. TYT's views in a nutshell.... Majority = Bad Minority = Good
As a person of mixed race heritage ( Black and White Caribbean), I do find this troubling. I honestly think that if blacks and Asian Americans are afforded opportunities to celebrate their history, white Americans should too. People don't realize that most white Americans are are an amalgam of various European ethnicities, so I can understand why their sense of identity is becoming more collective as time goes by. As long as white history month isn't "Whites (ONLY) History Month" (i.e. discriminatory and racist) than I don't have a problem with it.
Are you guys for real? Are actually insinuating that people like me should be ashamed of my skin colour?! I get the fact that there's no official "white history" month but still there's nothing wrong with trying to celebrate one's ancestors accomplishments or positive contributions towards society! This is just political correctness gone mad!
Rgjrunner maybe if it was someone celebrating their german or italian or irish heritage then that would be interesting. if someone wanted to have a "white history month" then all they have to do is pick up any history book from any school in the usa and read it over for a month and you can have white history month.
Edward Bernayse666 No, going by that logic the Italians and Germans can't celebrate their heritage because of what their ancestors did to the Jewish.....
White isn't a heritage. If you're German, British, Irish, or Italian; that is your heritage! I don't understand the hate over this video? If this guy was Italian, and put up a sign displaying his pride in his Italian heritage, that's totally fine! However, "white pride" has long been associated with the white supremacy movement.
It's also called "Black" History Month because most people who are descended from slaves have NO idea from where in Africa they are from. There are thousands, maybe millions of different cultures in Africa, the way that it was split up by European rules does not do its justice on how diverse it is. All anyone can say about the Black people in america is "Black". We're 'black', don't know if we're Nigerian, or South African, or from the Congo. We're just 'Black'. I'd say in a since, the same applies to White people. I'm not white, so I don't know how one grows up in a white family or how much they know of their history, but it's probably not that difficult for a while person to find their roots, European roots, and celebrate actual holidays and historically important dates from their heritage. In my opinion, it doesn't make sense to have a "White" history day/month because more often than not, you can actually FIND actual your true history and celebrate it. "White" doesn't truly exist outside of the US, "White" history... it feels like when you demand there be something like that, you're doing yourself a disservice. You aren't really finding your roots, you're not celebrating your roots or excellent people of your actual demographic, you just want to label everyone with mostly light skin as "White", therefore "White History X". It's lazy, go find your true heritage and celebrate that.
Social media is getting dangerous. You can debate whether he should've done this or not, but to shut down his business because of a fairly innocuous sign in the window is going too far. The man's life might be ruined forever now. A bit much in my opinion..
As long as one or more groups of people are treated better then other groups, you'll always have racism. doesn't matter where you are or who you are, if you treat one group better then the other, don't expect that group to simply except their treatment wholeheartedly. people like the TYT are prime examples of why there is constant conflict between people of different colors. its outright favoritism, favoritism leads to jealousy, jealousy leads to hate, and hate leads to violence.
"Being white is not a heritage of any kind." The amount of ignorance displayed in this video is disturbing. Your ethnicity is a part of your lineage same as being black, latino or any other race. No ethnicity is confined to a certain specific country. The business owner was emphasizing that it's okay to be proud to be white too. And for that he is laughed at, cheered at his business failing, and called a racist. Just one of the many problems of the modern progressive movement.
White history month are you foreal let's take a look at our public school system from august to June we learn about all white people victories in america and give about a week during February to celebrate 2 people we already know about Rosa parks mlk in school every month is white history month
White people don't have a history because we have no shared history. Some of us are from English settlers, some from early Dutch and early German, then you have the later waves from western Europe, then even later waves from eastern Europe, and every single one had different experiences (not to mention the Irish). Black people were enslaved, abused, set free, repressed by the law, moved north, fought for civil rights, suffered through urban decay, and are now dealing with police brutality. The few that didn't either came from the Caribbean, where their ancestors were probably slaves, or recently came from Africa and had to actually deal with imperialism in their own countries. That's what a shared-history looks like.
Native American history month is in November in case anyone was interested. Go figure it falls in line with a certain holiday we like to throw in their faces every year. You know how many times Native Americans celebrated thanksgiving? Once.
***** yeah, no I don't think so, this is stupid, everyone has the right to be proud of what they are and who they are without being subjected to abuse... This man is being subjected to abuse!
Gemma Ingram its because these people are idiots and are too worried about political contraversy to understand that in history the strong fight for what they believe in and were proud, not ohh woah is meee your people did bad things to my people give me special treatment they just make blacks look the same and worse by making it seem like are entilted to having a special status for thaughts and beliefs they never faught for nobody chooses to be born black or white so it doesnt matter if your great grandfather was a slave or a slave master its fucking history how about you worry about the real problems then these stupid ones
So the guy has a fundraiser eh? Well if Officer Wilson got paid so can this guy. If the people of New Jersey can vote with their wallets, the internet can too.
Seriously people? This is just stupid. Asking why we don't have a "white history month" in America is like asking "Why can't we have a great black hope?" in the NBA.
Mark Ferguson *"Why can't we have a great black hope?" in the NBA.* Ha, ha, ha, I damn near spit my drink after reading that comment. Best comment on this thread by far!
Personally if we are even thinking of having a black history month we should have a Native American, Arab, Australian native, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and white history month... Black people have equal rights as whites in this country so instead of having a black history month why don't we stop talking about race altogether... We are all humans, lets not be put into boxes because of our race.
It could have been worse--the government could have shut him down or he could have been sued for hate speech. I'm really glad that didn't happen. This country seems to be way too sensitive to people saying almost anything.
.... Whats wrong with a White History month if we have a Black History month? As long as its not "Hey, remember that time we enslaved everyone and it was great?!" it should be fine. Honestly, im more in favor of removing Black History month and just putting up History month, so its not creating division and conflict when we go through history and try and put forth actual togetherness, instead of having whites and blacks both just end up being stressed and upset at each other over things. The points of "Well, we removed all their culture etc." isnt a real argument over this. You cant fight racism with racism, and claim its ok to have one but not the other, it doesnt work well (nor make much logical sense if you want to claim one is racist but the other isnt, youre really saying one type of racism is tolerable and given a pass but the other isnt). If you want people to come together, treat everyone as equal and teach in a way that promotes that. Then maybe we can stop getting black people that hate whites for what their ancestors did years and years ago, and white people that hate blacks because they feel, in some ways, they have less rights and are treated unfairly. Hell, im bi, and im all against an LBGT history month. I want a Sexual Orientation history month, something inclusive instead of exclusive, that teaches about all sexual orientations, the goods and the bads of all. Inclusion is better than exclusion, and we can solve this problem in a better way imo than going with exclusion.
duo1666 Because in this case white history month is not the opposite to black history month. There is no such thing as white or black history. The only thing that makes America's black history month qualify is that they were removed from their culture. So for example, if you are black and have only recently moved to America and have no family connections there then you shouldn't think of yourself as included. It is literally for people who have some connection to the blacks who were enslaved. It's not supposed to be a month for people who are simply black, although hardly anybody actually thinks long enough to make this distinction :D
Diil Avery But, again, thats exclusive. You can teach and have culture and still be inclusive. At the same time, you cant sit down and say "Well we want this day for us, but you cant have a day for you". I understand why it exists, im saying it could be done better so it doesnt promote exclusion. Regardless of peoples opinions on the matter, the fact that its creating a lot of tension is a sign that the idea is flawed.
duo1666 Well calling it black history month is obviously problematic for a lot of people and I wouldn't have called it that.. but it's not something that would make me angry. It's just a clumsy name. And yeah you could consider it exclusive, though I don't believe it's supposed to be. It's American history and I don't think anyone worth talking to will think you're an idiot if you wanted to celebrate it. I feel like people who think that it's like "Well we want this day for us, but you cant have a day for you" have a point.. you should be able to have a day of celebration for whatever the fuck you want as long as it's not in promotion of something hateful.. but in this case it seems so reactionary. Very little people would actually give a shit about having a day to celebrate their whiteness and I'm guessing the guy in question only wanted it because he misunderstood what black history month actually is. So in summary, yeah it's problematic, but I think it's petty to ask for a white history month in reaction.
Diil Avery I dont think its petty to ask for a white history month in reaction, simply because black history month has been setup to being exclusive and is taught in a way that makes black people upset at white people, and white people feel like theres this "white guilt" ideology. You should be able to be proud of being black or white (though imo, its kinda stupid to be proud of something that really shouldnt make a difference nor something you accomplished, but thats neither here nor there), and we should teach in a way that reinforces this, instead of creating obvious tension on both sides. We can talk about all the great people, the blacks, the irish, the asians, the french, etc. of that time period all within the same breath, and the sacrifices that everyone made to get through the times where various peoples were discriminated against. At the same time, if people want to break off into little groups to learn more into their individualized history, they can do that too, but you cant really restrict that if you want to allow that. We need to show the positives and negatives of both sides if we really want to move on and actually get over racism (or rather, get through the more obvious racism, racism will never truly be dead but not my point).
duo1666 I agree with pretty much everything you said, but I think too many people would look at it simplistically. Asking for a white history month in protest or in jest wouldn't be half as effective as people actually having the conversation of why black history month is problematic for some people.
"We" didn't destroy their culture it's literal history now, not saying it didn't happen, or that we should forget about it, but it's time people stop crying whenever a white person decides to be proud of their heritage.
"You're saying that you're of European descent but Europe is made up of Germany, Poland... Etc" You do realise you are literally shooting down your own argument about being African American. Africa is a big continent, bigger than Europe in fact, just thought I'd point it out.
Jack T they explained several times that Germans, Polish, Italians were never ripped from their distinct heritage after immigrating, separated from their communities, and mixed/lumped together by skin color to the point where many lost connection or even knowledge of which part of Africa their ancestors came from. Can you listen? Or do you only listen for what you think you can discredit?
Yes Jimmy, we DO need it broke down like that. Because most people are not able to distinguish one European race from another by looking at them, skin color is all we have. While I've always understood that there is no "white" race, I was still bothered that people were able to herald their black heritage, receive black scholarships and be black miss america, while doing the same thing for the white community was considered racist. Its not really racist. Its a misunderstanding of the situation. Racism requires a deliberate intent to act "against" a specific group based on their race. Racism should not be identified where the only intent was to be as fair to one group as you were being to another. "Black History Month" is racist if "White History Month" is. There is no "black" race anymore than there is a "white" race. I live in Florida. There are Haitians, Jamaicans, African Americans. Generalizing the month as "black history months" involves several races who were not a part of it. We need it broke down for everyone's sake. But if color is to be taken out of this, it needs to be taken out both black AND white. Black is as race-nonspecific as White. Even in this country.
Its not racist, more so ignorance, or at least that's how its displayed. Normally people who put up signs about white pride and stuff like that tend to not like minorities a lot so he got bundled into 'that' kinda group of people. Sad really but he should have known better if he was more Intune with his customers.
Xavier Stewart lmfao “intune with his customers” I wasn’t aware that in order to run a business i have to check with my customers wether or not i can support my own ethnicity lmfao if this kind of shit offends you I wouldn’t want you shopping at my deli anyway.
Skelitonking117 - He has the freedom to do what he wants, and no I'm not offended at all by it. You can support anything you like on your own business, people will still scrutinize everything you do or say regardless. Again though not offended, I hope the man manages to get on his feet again, make a living for himself and his family, and let all of this go behind him. And that everyone else would stop pestering him about a sign he obviously doesn't want correlated to anything negative.
The reason why you don't need a white history month is because white history is celebrated daily. Every western, war, and gangster film pays homage to the deeds of white American history . We all studied it in history class for years. However, in those same classes there is a glaring omission of any black contribution. The only way for young blacks to learn about their history and to make whites aware of black people's contributions is this way. Not many white people would look into the true history of the country and much less would acknowledge anything black people have done, if it weren't forced feed to them. I am not making a blanket statement but it is the attitude of the gross majority of white people.
Africa for the Africans, Asia for the Asians, Arabia for the Arabs, Europe _for everybody._ Whenever you hear the words “social injustice,” “prejudice,” or “inequality,” substitute these with the words “_white culture_”. People who want to eliminate “social injustice,” “prejudice,” or “inequality” really want to eliminate _white culture._ Whenever you hear the words “white privilege,” substitute these with the words “_Western civilization_.” People who want to eliminate “white privilege” really want to eliminate _Western civilization._ Whenever you hear the words “racist” or “racism,” substitute these with the words “_white person_”. People who want to end the existence of “racists” and “racism” really want to end the existence of _people of European decent._ The anti-racists say they are against white racists, white racism, and white privilege. What they are really against is _white culture_, _western civilization_, and _white people._ They say they want a world without racism and hate. What they really want is a world _without white people_, a world without _you_. When non-whites pursue their group interests it’s called “civil rights”. When Whites defend themselves and their people from a full-scale societal attack on their identity, their genetics, their heritage, their ancestors and their history, it’s called “ racism", "oppression" and "white supremacy”. Innocent blacks are told they have nothing to do with the sins of black crime or violence and slavery in Africa. Innocent Muslims are told they have nothing to do with the sins of terrorism or past and present colonialism and slavery. Innocent Jews are told they have nothing to do with the sins of bolshevism and marxism and the hundreds of millions of deaths that resulted. Innocent whites are blamed and forced to personally apologize for every bad thing every white person has ever done at any time anywhere in the world, while all historical atrocities perpetrated against them are downplayed and censored. "Anti-racism" is a codeword for chasing down the last white nation, the last white enclave, the last white neighborhood and forcefully enriching it with "multiculturalism" and "diversity". "Multiculturalism" and "diversity" are codewords for “_anything but white culture and white people_”. When committed against any other group, such policies are instantly classified as _genocide_. But when committed against the European race, one of the smallest global minorities, we are told it is "necessary for our success". "Anti-racist" is a codeword for _anti-White_.
A sick person or someone who doesn't understand themselves or other people wrote this. Everything you just said above is wrong is signals that you are afraid that your culture and identify are under attack and that you fear that not only are you going to lose but that you should lose because you are wrong, bad, insufficient. Understand yourself and then try to understand other people. That fear will go away.
Asian store owner proud to be Asia does not put up sign saying celebrate Asian history month. Spanish store owner proud to be Spanish does not put up sign saying celebrate Spanish history month. Indian store owner proud to be Indian does not put up sign saying celebrate Indian history month. White store owner proud to be white put's up sign saying celebrate white history month. Hmmm.
Generally, black people will have 'black history' or 'black miss America' or 'black this or that' because we have been excluded from the white version of those things. Black people are also forced to identify by the color of our skin because we are treated the same based on our color. To those who feel that whites are not allowed to focus white history, you are wrong because while blacks have a black history month , whites have white history too, they , to quote Tim WIse, go by the names of MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER AND JANUARY. Everything in America is white by default and to me, when some white person talks about white history or white pride, it says to me that they are in denial about the realities of this country. I think these are the same people that think white people are doing so much better than blacks in AMerica because they work harder or blacks are lazy. They just ignore the history of slavery and the creation of w hite weath on the backs of blacks.
Hypocrisy and double standards. There either needs to be a white history month, or preferably, there shouldn't be either a black or white history month. I like how the hosts pointed out that "black" isn't a culture either but then failed to actually justify the existence of black history month. It's a stupid and divisive idea. Jimmy also kept saying "we" did this and that to the slaves. Yeah, I didn't own any slaves. We are individuals, not a collective hive mind.
AtheistAlias You're just failing to see the difference between calling something black history and honoring all black people and calling something black history and honoring a select group of black people who have been removed from their culture and faced individual challenges. The name "Black History Month" is the problem. What it is supposed to honor is not. White History month is as meaningless as your idea of black history month.
Diil Avery I happen to think names are important. If "Black History Month" is a problem, then it should be changed. Mocking it with "White History Month" shouldn't spark any outrage. Because what it sounds like you're advocating with this talk of "honor" is "Black Pride" while at the same time deriding "White Pride". Which would be racist.
AtheistAlias What it sounds like someone is advocating and what they are actually advocating deserves to be understood :D Mocking it with white history month shouldn't spark any outrage because it is just ignorant, and cringe worthy haha. But yeah, the name is important, because people can and always will manage to misunderstand, so I agree; it's better to have clarity in mind when naming something.
I hope the deli owner genuinely apologized to the man that complained to him. The lovely Desi Doyen has a great idea of making a Native American history month. I think it should be in September when the school year is starting. I also propose getting a Mexican American or Hispanic American history month in a few years, too.
homer23422000 Plus, while people are bitching about not having a "white" month, not because they are legitimately concerned but because they're trying to make a political point at black people like WET channel vs BET channel (which is actually owned by whites, I wonder if there were a WET channel, would it be owned by blacks? and BET is mostly a bunch of gospel and RandB and hip hop videos, some of which feature white artists, and old reruns of Martin and Fresh Prince of Bel Air, I wonder what would be on WET, reruns of Friends?), there already are SEVERAL white months, they're just not called "white". This month is Scottish month, and last month, March, was Irish month. March was also women's month, so I wonder if there will be some wingnut men going "why isn't there a mens month, that's sexist towards men!"
I'm from the Reservation here in AZ in the border between AZ and Mexico..and they said the same thing our elders say all the time.. "One day Euro-Americans will remember the wrongs of their ancestors and give us 1 day for all tribes to honor our ancestors all around the Americas." Native Month would be a dream for our people. But everyone knows that won't happen.
To be completely honest, I think Black History Month is an antiquated idea that we need to do away with as a country. 'Oh yeah, get all of that black history crap outta the way ALL IN ONE MONTH so you don't have to think/deal with it throughout the rest of the year' is what Black History Month says to me. And once again, to be honest, I feel the same about a proposed 'White History Month.' I feel it is only because black people have been the minority in America that we even have a black history month... so we can say 'LOOK, LOOK, I'm not racist... black!' It's stupid and pointless. Morgan Freeman said: "I don't want a black history month. Black history is American history." Freeman also argued that there was no White History Month, because white people did not want their history relegated to just one month. It's all stupid.
What pisses me off is that people seem to think that only black people were slaves... White Irish people were slaves too yet you don't here them having their own special month, do ya?
THE SIGNS NOT RACIST! IT'S JUST WRONG! For those to lazy to watch the video here is a TL:DW on why. The man who posted the sign didn't understand why it was wrong to post the sign, that's okay we all make mistakes. Here's why posting a sign like that is wrong; America only has a "Black history month" because America stripped the culture from the African people when they forcefully took them to America and made them slaves. So its not to celebrate the skin colour but the culture that america stripped away(though from my understanding most Americans think that its about colour regardless). As to why America can't have a white history month, Whites not a culture... HOW EVER America is a culture so America has year round holidays to celebrate the culture of America: Presidents day, Independence day, Thanksgiving are a few examples. Side note: In my opinion the confusion stems from America calling it "Black history month" when rather it should be called "African American culture month" or something along those lines.
he just put up a sign saying he wants to celebrate white history month? that's not racist and even if it was its minuscule certainly he dint deserve to lose his business
Most of these comments are ignorant. What's the point of having a white history month when we teach and celebrate white history 11 out of the 12 months of the year?
Ya know, instead of having a race based on a specific month, let's just have a month that solely focus on the achievements of the human species. If not, then let's just get rid of black history month altogether.
I'm black, i don't find it offensive at all. . Although i don't see the need for it considering 90% of what you learn in school is white history. If the man wants to celebrate it then let him. Long as he isn't being mean or anything.
So if being white isn't heritage then how the hell is being black a heritage?? Africa isn't a country either, just like there are different countries in Europe there are also different countries in Africa. There's Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt and South Africa to name a few.
It will be awesome when, someday people can say "I'm Swedish American" or "I'm Mexican American" or "I'm Irish American" or "I'm Kenyan American" or "I'm Native American" instead of the blanketing words "White" or "Black".
I completely get why its not a smart idea to hang up a white history month sign. On the other hand i think that TYT did a poor job of clarifying this and just ended up blowing it up more. You can't say that being white (the color of ones skin) doesn't give you heritage, and then say in the same breath that being black (also just a color of ones skin) does give u culture. So to be clear, by there logic, the color of your skin doesn't give you heritage... except when it does? Don't judge someone solely on the color of their skin.They also said that being white gives you no culture due to the fact that it just mean that you are from Europe (because thats the only place white people come from), and europe is comprised of many different countries like germany blah blah blah... but africa not a country, it is a continent. There are a few countries in there, and they do not all share the same culture (i.e. Egyptian culture is much different than Ugandan as well as South Africa's and so on and so forth). Everyone has heritage, everyone has culture, don't let anyone take that away from you, no one chose the way they were born. I really like TYT but sometimes they can be just as bad as the the devil (fox news). Don't mix the sins of our fathers and racism together. Some people get offended easily and just need to disregard certain things and not get all up in arms about them (he said at the end of the rant)
The idea of "white pride" is ridiculous, but so is "black pride", "Asian pride", "Hispanic pride", "gay pride", etc., etc... Isn't it good enough to just not feel shame for who you are? Why do people feel the need to be proud of something they had no control over?
I have no problem with black history, Jewish history, Islamic history, Christian history, female history - whatever. I don't consider the sign racist, although I also don't care about my colour nor the colour of others.
I don't understand why there is a Black History Month. Why is the history of African Americans consigned to one month? Why can't it just be taught in History class, television documentaries throughout the year as normal?
I don't get the whole "pride" thing. White pride. Black pride. Country pride. Isn't pride something you feel when you accomplish something? When you have a specific skill? How can I be proud to be a white Canadian male, when not one thing in that I had any say in or accomplished? Sure, I managed to make it over 40 years without chopping my dick off, or any other number of stupid "Darwin" award acts that could have ended my life, but are those things to be proud of? I think not.
Jimmy made a good point about how there's no monolithic "white culture". English culture I'd imagine is quite different from Italian culture. They really hit the nail on the head with the point about how black culture can't be broken down like that because we don't know which exact countries in Africa the slaves were brought over from.
This is horrible and he should know better. But we need to teach the history of this in schools. Unfortunately not all parents are going to raise their kids to know and understand the history of racism.
If he is not kicking out any customers who are of different ethnicities and is not discriminating based off of ethnicities or ways of life, what is the problem? Yea, I understand there is no white history month because we did not have to fight and suffer to have equal rights based off of our skin color or anything, but if this man wants to be proud of being himself without insulting others for being different, I do not see the problem.
This is proof the libertarian idea that allowing businesses to show their true colors, not laws demanding they serve everyone equally, is more beneficial than most think. Most customers are generally not racist assholes so when a business is they'll quickly be boycotted and run out of business.
I don't understand why people click on videos like these only to dislike them because they lean left. If you lean right, go watch right media instead of looking for videos to rant about. You look at extreme right wing media and they are FILLED with likes and supportive comments but you see a video that leans left and immediately you see dislikes and assholes. It really makes me feel disgusted to be part of the internet. I know a lot of these trolls are little kids and some adults who can't seem to act right. Please grow up. People are different. You need to accept that. do proper research before formulating an opinion.
I lived a couple towns over and have been to this deli a couple of times. Not the best food in comparison to the foodie nature of this area, but it was not bad. The first time I went there I had been at the court house down the street earlier that day to fight a ticket. While in the court room I witnessed a white kid and a black kid right in a row facing charges of possession of a controlled substance and intent to distribute. The white kid was up first. He had a pound of marijuana in his trunk. Since it was not bagged individually the intent to distribute was thrown out. And since this was his first incident with the law he received ARD which basically is probation for a year and the charge is expunged as if you never did anything. The black kid who faced the same charges had a gram of marijuana, but it was in two baggies so he was found guilty of intent to distribute (who's to say that's not the way he bought it). You are not eligible for ARD when found guilty of intent to distribute. Intent to distribute is a much more sever than just plain possession when it comes to sentencing. Though the cases outcomes were based on technicalities of the law (and the white kid had a lawyer rather than a public defender) the judge has the final say and being that these cases were right in a row I think their was an obvious bias. ARD is not something required by the law the judge did not have to give it to the white kid with a pound of marijuana. I mean having a pound of marijuana screams intent to distribute. Anyway with that being said, the guys who owned the deli we not the brightest of people but they were nice enough to me (I'm mixed). Like he said in his statement, I don't think he deserved for his lively hood to be destroyed. I think more focus should be on the court house down the street. I think it's obvious his sign while ignorant does less damage by far compared to that court house.
Wow... I used to post all the time until I realized most mast-debaters on here are trolls. Now I sit back and enjoy the ignorant comments. But reading these comments on here is really chapping my hide. NOT the trolls mind you, their job is to be as fucking ignorant and fallacious as possible. No, my problem is with the people actually trying to debate the trolls and the ignorant asses. Why do we celebrate Black History month and not White history month... Holy Jesus is it really that fucking hard to understand?!?!?! I am Hispanic, and here in America, my people have been fucking oppressed just like Native Americans, Indians, Jews, Germans, Chinese, Irish, German, basically EVERY immigrant that has ever decided to come here. Everyone except for Mexicans (in the beginning when most southern land was taken from Mexico), Native Americans, and Black people chose to come here and suffer whatever they had to, in order to make it better for their families. Mexicans, Native Americans, and Black people all suffered all kinds of shit, and so did every other immigrant who came here. But out of all the indignities, Black people were the ONLY FUCKING SLAVES. Everyone who is not Black can either easily answer, or easily find out where they are descended from. For you Whites who say you are proud of being White.. you do NOT descend from the tribe of Whitey, your parents or grand parents or great grand parents did NOT come from White land, GET IT?? Now ask one, ten, hell ask one hundred black people what country they are from and the best they might say is Africa, even though Africa is not a country but a continent. Wanna know why? Because their ancestors, as far back as they can go, were FUCKING SLAVES! So why do we celebrate BLACK history month and not Wasutu history month, or Zambia history month? Because nearly every African American can safely say they DON'T FUCKING KNOW where in Africa they are from, due to being descended from people who came here as SLAVES! Slaves who had their whole identity erased and given new names. How is this sooooo fucking hard to understand or to defend?? Finally, slavery is BAD, so anyone who ever had family who were slaves, that fucking blows big donkey balls, cuz it sucks. Any sort of suffering ever, sucks. But when you try to compare one form of suffering over another in order to try to diminish or belittle it, then you are of the lowest form of scumbag known to man. Who the fuck you think you are, sitting comfortably in front of your computer screen trying to actually convolute yoursleves into feigned frenzy just to poke the bear and have a laugh. What lonely existence you people must have to do this.. be proud of who you are, because more than likely that is ALL you have in your sad lonely lives, aside from porn that is...
As a guy of South Asian ethnicity ... I don't see what the deal is, the guy just wanted to celebrate his identity .... what's wrong with that? Am I missing something here?
So, Black History Month is NOT racist, but "White History Month is"? The only thing I can see that is even remotely racist about celebrating White History is that it excludes the important contributions non-whites have made to history. If that's the case then Black History month is equally racist, because it excludes the important contributions non-blacks have made to history. When George A. Romero cast Duane Jones in the lead of Night of the Living Dead in 1968 he simply cast the best actor who auditioned. He wasn't trying to make any sort of political statement. Duane's race was completely incidental. The story was written such that no one in the film calls attention to his race, or gives him a hard time because of his race. Calling attention to a person's race, giving any one group special treatment over another is racist. The only non-racist thing to do is to completely ignore race. Some years ago some mayor went to a concert given by the city orchestra. He noticed there were no black people in the orchestra and ordered them to be more racially sensitive. The people responsible for this had to radically change how they ran auditions. To eliminate bias based on race or gender, the person who was auditioning was not allowed to speak. They were simply given a sheet of music and asked to play it. Those who decided on who was hired could hear them but not see them. Kind of funny how quickly people assume racism even when measures are taken to avoid it. They ended up REQUIRING those people to employ racism in their decision on who to hire.
