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Black History Month is needed now more than ever
Black history is world history, and attempts to water it down are harmful to black people in our struggle against racism, says ZITA HOLBOURNE
As six out of 10 Argentines don’t vote for Milei LEONEL POBLETE CODUTTI looks at the country’s real crisis that runs far deeper than just the ballot box
ANDREW MURRAY looks back on the ignominious career of the former US vice-president, who died earlier this week
STEPHEN ARNELL wonders at the family resemblance between former prince Andrew and his great-uncle ‘Dickie’
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WHEN local authorities decide to scrap Black History Month or change it to something else such as “diversity month” or, in the case of one London borough, reduced not just in scope but in time too to “heritage week,” we should question not whether Black History Month is needed but decision-makers’ motives in wanting to erase black history or water it down.
Black History Month in Britain, inspired by the US Black History Month, came about because there was a real need for it.
History books and school curriculums failed to include black history or minimised its importance. Race discrimination was deepening.
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