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History of Feminism

Scootaloo

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Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2015, 06:55 PM

Mar 2015

Hispanic Heritage month is September 15-October 15. That's right. Hispanic Heritage Month is the only history / heritage month that shows up late and clocks out early.

The only rational way to address these issues is a comprehensive history; History did not begin in England and end in Virginia, but you'd never know it from grade school textbooks. De-focus from Wars and "singular leaders," and look instead at the movements and swings that actually formed our nation.

The African-American diaspora during the period between WW1 and 1955 did more to alter our nation's character, culture, politics, and principles than the Yalta Confernce... which gets more coverage in textbooks?

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Women’s History Month Pisses Me Off [View all] sheshe2 Mar 2015 OP

Me too!!!nt bravenak Mar 2015 #1

I look forward to the day when men, hell white men month is a thing.... randys1 Mar 2015 #2

LOL! bravenak Mar 2015 #10

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2015 #22

... NutmegYankee Mar 2015 #23

I know bravenak. sheshe2 Mar 2015 #5

One day. bravenak Mar 2015 #12

Want a real snorter? Scootaloo Mar 2015 #3

Yes, sheshe2 Mar 2015 #6

i was going to say, actually put the minorities back into the history book. throw out paul revere, seabeyond Mar 2015 #8

Thank you so much for the history lesson. sheshe2 Mar 2015 #11

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2015 #18

Well she'd spit in yours ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #20

Damn, I wish I had seen what they posted to seabeyond. sheshe2 Mar 2015 #26

Me too. brer cat Mar 2015 #4

agree-sad commentary Chimeradog Mar 2015 #7

Sad, 65 years later and here we are..... sheshe2 Mar 2015 #9

Require a master's degree?? Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2015 #27

And people have the nerve to complain ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #13

same crowd that would form "white student unions" on college campuses. assholes nt geek tragedy Mar 2015 #14

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2015 #17

White dudes rule the world ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #19

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2015 #21

Oh, thank goodness. I was afraid this was going to be a thread about *that time of the month!* freshwest Mar 2015 #15

ROFLMAO! sheshe2 Mar 2015 #16

A late k n r for this great thread! n/t cui bono Mar 2015 #24

Hey cui bono... sheshe2 Mar 2015 #25

I've never been very fond of stuff like that, even as a little boy. Used to wonder why people BlueJazz Mar 2015 #28

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