No, I haven't forgotten Black History Month

I've just been thinking about whether or not I want to do the history thing. See, I came to realize years ago that one month of Black history without the context of American history is just as lame as 11 months of American history is without the context of Black history.

What I'd really like to do is a Black Future Month. That would require a level of arrogance beyond my ability to muster, though. I mean, what sense would it make for me to get all proscriptive when I can't know the conditions we (however you choose to define "we") will face? There is a condition we'll have to deal with that is known…the human condition. But that seems to be the most difficult condition of all to understand.

Posted by Prometheus 6 on February 1, 2004 - 6:45pm :: Race and Identity