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Black History Month is important
to me and to everyone of color,

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I think because it gives us hope
and like strength to do things

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that white people say we can't
do to overcome what they say and

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to prove them wrong,

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it shows what people of color
have accomplished throughout the

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years,

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even though we've been oppressed
over and over again through

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many different stages of time
shows how like after hundreds of

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years of oppression and like
obstacles like including slavery

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and segregation, black people
have not given up.

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And it just shows how like
persevering African Americans are

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Black history most important to
me because it reminds me how

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much our society has progressed
and how with perseverance,

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we can all make a change and
quality.

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But it's just a way to
celebrate,

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like how far people like who
look like me have come.

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And although like there's a
long, long way to go,

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it's just a way to celebrate how
far we've come and to

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appreciate those who have led a
path to the way we live today

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specifically after a month for
us to really come together and

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show how important it is to you
know,

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be seen to be shown is really
impacting my life and it frankly

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Black History Month doesn't
impact my life as much as it should.

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So we do discuss it in school a
little.

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I think it's important that we
acknowledge Black history every

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day since it's such a big part
of American history.

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And I think it would be nice if
we used Black History Month to

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explore writers or artists that
haven't remained in America's

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historical image because they're
black.

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It has impacted my life a lot
because throughout all these years,

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like we've been degraded,

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we've been told that we're not a
regular person.

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We don't have a place in this
world. And this month gives,

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gives us a month to recognize
what we've done throughout these

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years.

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We get to acknowledge all the
things that we've passed like that

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we have accomplished black
resilience to is strength,

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persistence and determination of
every black person was ever

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fought against racial injustice.

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It's how like over the years
when seg segregation and slavery

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happened and even now like when
African Americans were treated

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unfairly and we refused to let
it happen and we demanded change

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every time like an African
American is in need or someone's in

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need.

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Like we always help people
because we feel like everyone should

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be treated the same way. Being
black is very empowering.

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I feel like I have a lot of
power and a lot of voice.

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A lot of the time because I
actually understand how it feels

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like. And I can use my voice to
actually, like,

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actually speak with things from
the heart and actually

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understand things and go to
issues with a lot of like,

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understanding and I don't know,
kind of perspective.

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That's an important thing for me
to try and bring perspective.