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Victoria Jackson calls for White History Month

It's February and you know what that means - it's Black History Month. It also means that I'll read at least one story like the following, where former Saturday Night Live "star" (not really) Victoria Jackson suggests we should have a White History Month.

Jackson wrote: "Now that the white race is becoming a minority in America, perhaps we need to make ... say, January, White History Month."

She continued with: "Find a white, middle-aged Christian man today and hug him. And then, encourage him and your white Christian sons to stand up, be leaders again, and save our country from the God-hating communists like Alec Baldwin and Obama."

Whites make up approximately 65% of this country's population. If Ms. Jackson truly believes her statement, perhaps she doesn't realize that the whole equals 100%, and instead believes it to equal 200%. This would mean that 135% of the country isn't white and whites could be considered a minority. Since that isn't the case and only 35% of this country isn't white, I believe her to be mistaken. Hooked on Phonics obviously didn't work for Ms. Jackson...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/01/victoria-jackson-snl-white-history-month_n_2599938.html
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  1. The RozFebruary 4, 2013 at 10:16 AM

    Agreed. ...and the really sad part is I didn't even see her call for a White History Month as being the most racist part of her comments.

    I found her following comment(s) to be even more racist: "Find a white, middle-aged Christian man today and hug him. And then, encourage him and your white Christian sons to stand up, be leaders again, and save our country from the God-hating communists like Alec Baldwin and Obama."

    Now, if we were to just look at the very end of her statement, it would say, "...and save our country from the God-hating communists like Alec Baldwin and Obama." While I would see the comment as nothing more than paranoid hyperbolic rhetoric, it would be difficult for me to label it as anything else. It'd appear similar to other comments I've heard from the far-right evangelical community, in believing that Democrats/liberals are moving this country away from God, regardless of their skin color. However, if we then look at the beginning of her statement, we're able to garner a much clearer picture of what her true problem is with celebrating Black History Month. At the beginning of her statement, she says: "Find a white, middle-aged Christian man today and hug him. And then, encourage him and your white Christian sons to stand up, be leaders again..." Right, because if she truly wanted to call on "Christian" leaders to take the country back from liberals/Democrats, she'd have to make certain they were white Christian men. Sadly, not only does her statement come across as racist, but her statement appears to be sexist toward her own gender as well. No, Hooked on Phonics definitely didn't work for her.

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  2. APGiftsFebruary 11, 2013 at 1:00 AM

    .
    Will someone please be so kind to inform
    Ms. Jackson of the fact that ... 'White History
    Month' is EVERY OCTOBER (in the U.S.A.)?
    .
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/4242.
    .
    So -- the 'whining' (on all sides)
    can stop at anytime, thank you.
    .

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  3. The RozFebruary 11, 2013 at 11:39 AM

    Where exactly did you get this information? March is recognized as Irish-American Heritage Month, May as Jewish American Heritage Month, and October as Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month.

    http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb13-ff03.html

    http://www.loc.gov/law/help/commemorative-observations/jewish-heritage.php

    http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/10/14/presidential-proclamation-italian-american-heritage-and-culture-month

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