• by Jennifer Mabry on 
    February 9, 2009

    I have never been to Africa. And for most black Americans, any connection to Africa is tenuous. We should not be spending time and energy trying to create links that no longer exist. I’m American. Period.

  • by Michael E. Ross on 
    February 3, 2009

    Black History Month was created to carve out a separate space for recognizing African Americans. But in the Obama era, when it is harder to throw up walls between black history and American history, what’s the rationale for separating them now?

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