Happy BlackHistoryMonth! ✊🏿✨
In this op-ed, Jenn M. Jackson, a writer, activist, and Ph.D. candidate in American politics at the University of Chicago, explains the significance of Black History Month.
We sat in a small group of all black students on our dorm floor where only black students lived—a “themed” floor named after the first black students to graduate from the university. It was set aside for black students at the private, predominantly white college and meant to foster togetherness in a sea of perpetual difference.
“Over the past couple of weeks, Warriors have been reminded on the morning announcements that February is Black History Month. While at first glance Black History Month may appear to be a long-overdue recognition of blacks’ contribution to American history, it is actually subtly racist against blacks because of the unspoken separatist assumptions upon which the month is based,” it read.
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