Black History Month is officially over--What did you learn???

[ApeXXXPredator]

What did you learn about American "b"lacks and their history over the past month?

[SteveSanders]

Over hyped figures and blatant lies about accomplishments all under evil whiteys system none the less.

[DumpsterFire]

Movies with predominantly black characters suck.

[turk75]

[TonyTriangles]

they got a free pass to beat up asians because of black history month.

[SteveSanders]

Perhaps you've heard the claims: Were it not for the genius and energy of African-American inventors, we might find ourselves in a world without traffic lights, peanut butter, blood banks, light bulb filaments, and a vast number of other things we now take for granted but could hardly imagine life without.

Such beliefs usually originate in books or articles about black history. Since many of the authors have little interest in the history of technology outside of advertising black contributions to it, their stories tend to be fraught with misunderstandings, wishful thinking, or fanciful embellishments with no historical basis. The lack of historical perspective leads to extravagant overestimations of originality and importance: sometimes a slightly modified version of a pre-existing piece of technology is mistaken for the first invention of its type; sometimes a patent or innovation with little or no lasting value is portrayed as a major advance, even if there's no real evidence it was ever used.

Unfortunately, some of the errors and exaggerations have acquired an illusion of credibility by repetition in mainstream outlets, especially during Black History Month (see examples for the traffic light and ironing board). When myths go unchallenged for too long, they begin to eclipse the truth. Thus I decided to put some records straight. Although this page does not cover every dubious invention claim floating around out there, it should at least serve as a warning never to take any such claim for granted.

Each item below is listed with its supposed black originator beneath it along with the year it was supposedly invented, followed by something about the real origin of the invention or at least an earlier instance of it.

http://www.blackinventionmyths.com/

[Redfish225]

Black history month is every month for black people. Just lol if you didn’t know that.

[Dogkrack]

i learned that the nazi scientists which developed the v2 rocket that we took after ww2 had nothing to do with getting to space, much less the moon.

[brighamw]

White man bad...

[x-trainer ben]

That most posters on this board have issues with the word Black.

[CaliSuperSport]

I learned that non-white people attacking asians is white supremacy.

[chaunce54]

Orange man still bad.

[Trillhouse]

That most posters on this board have issues with the word Black.

They have an issue with the word and the people

[CaliSuperSport]

They have an issue with the word and the people

Lol nope and cope

[StoliFun]

The Cold War, the threat of communism, and international pressure to live up to our egalitarian ideals played big parts in moving the civil rights agenda forward in the 50s and 60s.

[FatBallz]

I learned that the original peoples of the world were black and that white people were a race of "devils" created by a scientist named Yakub on the Greek island of Patmos.

[Joeyw88]

Black history month is every month for black people. Just lol if you didn’t know that.

[TrueTruth]

I learned that blacks were once considered to be an inferior species and were slaves. And we need that reminder for 28 days straight every year because we just can't live peacefully.

Imagine some young kid born into this world, not giving a sh!t about your retarded ass stupid skin color, but getting brainwashed with this garbage on a daily basis. "Look kiddo that black guy over there had ancestors who were slaves, what you think bout dat???!!!"

[wesleysh21]

On the black side: I learned the story of Ota Benga, and how big of a deal the "World Fair" used to be.

On white people: I learned about a history of white people killing or locking up white people for being different or disobedient. I think we need a white history month, to tell the story of the white people who were oppressed by white people.

[Abzu]

Black History Month is akin to Rape History Month in my eyes.

Imagine someone reminded you about that time you were raped every single year.

You would never get over it, killing your growth. You would be mad all the time, killing your happiness. Any accusation of rape now becomes gospel in your mind, killing your objectivity.

[Techriding101]

That blacks should be treated different based off of the color of their skin.

[lampelys]

[frankdtank20]

I learned if a notable American owned slaves 200-300 yrs ago, their name must automatically be removed from anything carrying their name today. I also learned their are 8 kinds of whiteness, and the one to celebrate is the 'white traitor.'

[JT11RTR]

That "Black history is American history" but if they truly believed that, we wouldn't have black history month. We would just discuss the history of a person based on contributions to society, not on their race.

[gun-G]

I learned I did not have an answer to the absence of an Irish history month

[Travis99]

March is now women’s history month.

Lmao

[Bushmaster]

I learned that some dudes take it Waaaaaayyyyyy too seriously!

[ApeXXXPredator]

March is now women’s history month.

Lmao

[SaltyDog920]

I learned that "black is powerful, black is beautiful, black is everything".

That's about it, though.

[fitnessislife]

I learned that some dudes take it Waaaaaayyyyyy too seriously!

Right. I'm sure that "dude" was just drowning in poosay.