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  1. The Case Against Black History Month – Impact – Teachwell
    October 29, 2016 @ 12:15 pm

    […] a talk I gave at Wellington College earlier this year. The first was on the purpose of history, the second looked at the case against Black History Month by highlighting its roots in scientific […]

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  2. brian
    October 30, 2016 @ 6:51 am

    I love the idea of “the purpose(s) of history”, as if history was designed as a resource for history teachers.

    We would nor be where we are if it were not for “racism” which litters history (the real thing not the subject) like the sultanas in a fruit cake. Much of where we are has been forged by racism and so it will likely always be.

    Surely then Black History Month is an ideal vehicle for addressing the issues and we should support it rather than ditching it.

    I have been involved in Black History Month in the UK in the past and have never seen it the way you describe it, although I see that you have tried to simplity the thing somewhat.

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    • Teachwell
      October 30, 2016 @ 11:22 am

      In your opinion. If you have any evidence for any of this then I would be happy to read it. Otherwise – “that which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence” (Christopher Hitchens). Do check out my page http://wp.me/P7nQnr-3Id – you could learn how to make an effective point instead of conjecture.

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  3. Statues Must Fall – Erasing History or Righting Wrongs? – Teachwell
    October 31, 2017 @ 11:13 am

    […] I disagree with some initiatives (my objections to Black History Month as it stands can be read here and here), I would rather money was spent on erecting statues (which he mentioned but I can’t […]

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  4. Jenna
    February 24, 2018 @ 9:55 pm

    Malcolm X Shabazz was just beginning a newer journey of understanding prior to his assassination in 1965. What most people don’t understand is that after his days in the black separatist group, NOI, who made major mistakes when it came to practicing true Islam, Malcolm X Shabazz was just beginning his journey into True Islam. He was just starting to realize how the true religion of Islam brought people together from all different languages, cultures & skin colours while on pilgrimage in Mecca at the wholly Kaaba built by Abraham & his oldest son.
    If they didn’t shoot Malcolm in 1965 and he lived a few more years….then it is likely that you wouldn’t be calling him a “segregationist.” You would have more time to see that Malcolm realized before his death that segregation was not the means to an end but more as a temporary tactic to open the eyes of the white oppressor.

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    • Teachwell
      March 1, 2018 @ 11:00 am

      I agree that he moved took on the innate humanism within Islamic teachings at the end of his life. What I was trying to do with this blog was track the line of thinking that brought Black History Month to the UK. Interestingly, he would have been the greatest critic of the subsequent Black Power movements which use his rhetoric to achieve quite different ends, in particular in education where he was fiercely critical of the way that white liberals control the ability of black people to succeed through access to knowledge.

      I would say that Thomas Sowell and Shelby Steele are proving to be Malcolm X’s heirs than any who claim to be as they are fearless in their intellectualism and desire to improve the lot of black people in the US.

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  5. Topic Proposal. – Shattering stereotypes, staying unorthodox.
    April 23, 2020 @ 12:39 am

    […] The case against Black History Month This is an interesting article I encountered during my research, the creator of this website and […]

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