Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Why No White History Month? It is the month of February again, and I am very excited about the Black History month. As a young African American elementary school teacher, I make sure that I fully take advantage of the Black History month in my lessons with my 5th graders. Yesterday, we were talking about important African American political figures, who made life better for all Americans. During this lesson, one of my students raised her hand and asked why there was no "White History month?" "Were White Americans not as important?" I did not have a good answer to her question. I must be doing something wrong to have a student feel this way. How would you answer this question? Do you think it is problematic to integrate African Americans to all my lessons during February? How can I fix this? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I believe our laws prohibit discrimination for race, color , creed,gender or sexual orientation. The current holiday issue is the Christmas holiday where there is no other religious philiosphical holiday. The same is true for racial based holidays, there is no yellow history month either. In a secular society (which is where we teach), I think it best to stay clear of discrimination in it's entirety.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: Not dealing with the issue does not make it go away. Ignoring discrimination will make matters worse and not better, and in this case could create resentment amongst students of different races. Rated On: March 2, 2015 4:33 am Rated By: SeRuru