Let Go

In my Civilizations class, we start every class with a “Did You Know”, provided by our teacher. Today’s topic was, “Did you know … some people find issue with Black History Month?” This spurred a rousing conversation in our class. Why is it we designate a month for the history of the black people? Would it be better if we simply fazed this special focus on February out? Which leads to the question, why is it the majority of the American population refer to these people as black people? Why not just “people”? We don’t call other people a “Jewish man” or a “3/4 Italian 1/4 Irish man”. Can this month be seen as a segregation of sorts? I’d appreciate your thoughts on the subject :]