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Some people associate their skin color with status for power and likeability. In the past people who were light skin was thought of being '' prettier '' and people with darker skin were '' dirty '' and wasn't right. So in history people believe whites should get the best resources because there were known to be better then people with dark skin. Nowadays we still have this problem but not so bad anymore because school has educated many people and we start to empower the diversity.

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Carter G. Woodson started it and it was originally a week but then it become a month because history was taught without it.

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They don't want their ancestors' racism to be acknowledged and they themselves don't' want to seem like the bad guys either.

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February was chosen for Black History Month because 2 powerful leaders ( Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass) had birthdays in February, ( Lincoln - Feb. 12)
(Fredrick - Feb. 20)
Carter G. Woodson then changed it to a month.

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White fragility. White fragility is when a white person gets defensive/or angry when the topic of race/white privilege/or racial oppression is brought up. This is the reason why people want BHM to be "cancelled" or for there to be a white history month. When BHM is brought up, many white people get upset because it unconsciously reminds them of their ugly past.

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Some people don't want to acknowlegde the opression and discrimination that black people faced in the past they don't want to hear about how black people struggled for their rights and most of the time its people that would try to cancel Black History month

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We were enslaved because we had more power and they didn't like that so they tried to take it away.

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For me in the Filipino community, colorism still exists because of the colonial mentality that if you worked outside and got darker it meant you're a peasant and don't have an indoor job, like royalty back in the early days.  Also, thanks to colonialism, people connected being fair-skinned (light complexion) meant higher status i.e. closer to whiteness.  White supremacy due to colonial mentality/colonialism.

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Angela Davis, Fred Hampton, Malcolm X etc.

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Some people think black history should be down played because when we learn about who we are we have more power and they don't like that and they want us to "stop worrying about the past" even tho we are still treated poorly.

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I think the reason why people associate skin color with status is because of what there ancestors believe and who had power and who they feel should have power for example slavery one race had power and the other didn't and some people believe it should still be that way. ( I don't think any race should be considered more powerful then the other)

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Back then and even nowadays people thought people with lighter skin/ white had a higher power and was wealthy and strong and people with darker skin was considered as poor, weak and had barley any power

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Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Malcom X, W.E.B. Du Bois

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February was chosen for celebrating Black History Month because lincoln and fredrick's birthday was in February

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Africans were selected and imported as slaves mainly for economic and demographic reasons. It was created to supply much-needed labor for the colonists, not because they were deemed inferior. Over time slavery became associated with the dark skin of Africans, which led to colonists feeling of superiority and racism.

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All the people fought and still fight for their rights it's the leaders that are normally recognized though.

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When it was first created it was only a week and was created in 1926 in the United States.

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READ: The Transatlantic Slave Trade (article) | Khan Academy

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This overview of the event known as the transatlantic slave trade shows a major economic development depended on the horrific treatment of enslaved humans. The violence and scale of the transatlantic slave trade seems to exceed any other known instance of slavery in history.

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some people don't like to have their ancestors look like the bad guy's

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because some people do not like black but they like white and they turn racist

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they became slaves because they were forced to work

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People often associate skin color with class, basically its 'white supremacy' and anyone not white is of lower status. Racism is a complex thing.

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Some people think that white people are better so they are richer And that other races are worse so they dont have any money which doesnt make any sense