thebatter wrote:
I may have missed Native American month. When is that? Or Japanese American month (to make up for what FDR did to them)? Or Irish American month (because not so long ago, Irish people couldn't get hired at most places)?

So we only grant months to some segments on the population out of guilt?

We have pretty much destroyed most of the Native American culture. But I wouldn't be opposed to having month for them. I think it would be fascinating. I have spent time on the Navajo and Hopi reservations, and loved it, but we have marginalized them completely.

I think what we did to the Japanese Americans and Irish was terrible, but nothing compared to the way we have treated the blacks and Native Americans. Yes, sometimes we have to act to try to make amends for our history, especially if it's still affecting our current popuation.