@L-B-Heuschkel said in Diversity Representation in MU*ing:
@Narson said in Diversity Representation in MU*ing:
but instead isolate 'Black History'
That is an argument I am not qualified to have on the simple basis of not being American. I have no very little idea of how this subject is handled in the US. Black History Month is definitely not a thing here.
I mean, I'm not American and have only been there twice - Black History Month is a thing in Britain, though with varying success when it comes to engagement. Though I was more referring to taught syllabus at various levels of education rather than cultural events like BHM.
Awareness is increasing of the presence of POCs in Europe before, well, 1970. Their presence was never denied here, though, until fairly recently -- which is, to me, what makes it a white supremacist agenda. Fiction, art, poetry, historical accounts from just a few generations ago all treat POCs as -- well, just part of the scenery. Yes, they existed. Sometimes they were referenced in funny or strange ways, like 9th century accounts calling black people 'bluemen'. But they were definitely there, and pretending otherwise is a new, and highly questionable agenda.
As I say, I think there is a difference between active and passive denial of the role of POC in our collective history here. It is very difficult to challenge an active claim of a mythologised 'White Europe' past when there is a passive perception of our history in that way. It means challenging it comes with a heavy lifting exercise of educating and challenging preconceptions along with correcting the fact itself. But, that's probably going a bit off topic of the subject of M** diversity!
