Hello List,
Can someone please tell me when it is officially White History Month? I would be interested to know when and where this exhibit will be put up, and by whom. And, what specifically would this exhibit contain?
Sounds stupid does it not? A White person will never even have to think of such a thing in their lifetime. I don't believe some people really understand how degrading having the lifetime achievements of ones race relegated to one month out of the year.
There exists so very many everyday unsung Rosa Parks and MLK Jr.'s in our world. Yet every year we elevate the status of these two to near sainthood, and overlook these remarkable treasures walking unherlded amongst us. We miss the chance to honor them "Simply Because" of who they are everyday of the year. We wait for special occaisions instead of living and making them daily.
I ask you again, as I have before: What are we waiting for? and WHY ARE WE WAITING?
We are going to war. Must someone die before we celebrate them? Must someone give their life willingly or will one be taken by default. Must we wait for the designated month, day or hour? Or worse still - PERMISSION?
I would like to say how much I appreciate everyone on this list whether I agree with their thoughts or not. You have helped shape my world on a daily basis, by living in the moment. I salute your freedom of words and deeds and have been inspired time and again to do the same. I have deeply held values and beliefs that rock my soul on a minute by minute basis, and which do not allow me to value one race over another. I recognize the inherent differences in the races, but the race of humankind is the one I most revere and love. This is the one thing that my God requires me to do with a willing heart, and I promised him I would keep that mandate first and foremost.
I am going to spend a moment in silence tomorrow (Saturday) at high noon to give thanks for someone or something in my life just because. I welcome your shared communion wherever you are.
God Bess.
Pamela Taylor
(Whose soapbox sometimes becomes a pulpit, because her spirituality is a gift she sometimes cannot contain, preaching from the heart in Tampa)
Further, a document reciting the history of African American settlement in the Shingle Creek community was produced as part of the Humboldt Greenway project. This document was later serialized in the Shingle Creek neighborhood (NRP) newsletter to honor Black
History Month.
Some Information on Activities during Black History Month:
http://www.co.hennepin.mn.us/pa/newstips/PAnewstips143.BlackHistory.htm
Jeffrey L. Strand
Shingle Creek
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