As we approach the end of Black History Month, we should remember that America's war on Black history has reached new heights. A Montessori school in North Ogden, Utah, sent a letter to parents at the beginning of the month allowing them to opt out of having their children participate in Black history lectures. After getting negative feedback, the school decided to abandon the proposal. Then came word that a counselor in Brown County, Indiana, had sent a similar memo to parents. The superintendent of Brown County Schools labeled the letter "unauthorized" and "incorrect."
It should be noted that Brown County, Indiana, has a population of 96.8 percent white people, whereas North Ogden, Utah, has a population of 94.2 percent white people.
Despite the fact that these measures have been reversed, they are nonetheless proof of attempts to eliminate Black people from society and harm children's psyches. These are just the tip of the iceberg. They follow months of states passing legislation opposing critical race theory and the 1619 Project, as well as "anti-woke" legislation allowing parents to sue schools for curricula that allegedly cause white discomfort and tears, and allowing the prohibition of books on race, sexuality, and the Holocaust.
In a country where Black history, African history, and ethnic studies are terribly inadequate, if not nonexistent, Black History Month is a bone offered to Black people, almost as a concession. It is pushed to the margins and regarded as something that only Black children should learn. It is an afterthought, far apart from the "true" history, which focuses on white people and is taught all year and is compulsory of all children.
