Why is there no Caucasian-American month?

[DoctorP]

Every month is dedicated to some purpose.

Here is a list of some of them:

January
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Financial Aid Awareness Month
National Bath Safety Month
National Glaucoma Awareness Month
National Hot Tea Month
National Mentoring Month
National Stalking Awareness Month
Poverty in America Awareness Month
Radon Action Month
Thyroid Awareness Month

February
Age-Related Macular Degeneration Awareness Month
Black History Month
Body Awareness Month
Electrical Safety Awareness Month
Heart Disease Awareness Month
Heartworm Awareness Month
Low Vision Awareness Month
National Cancer Prevention Month
National Pet Dental Health Awareness Month
Safety Awareness Month
School-Based Health Center Awareness Month
Termite Awareness Month

March
Arts Awareness Month
Asian American Awareness Month
Ethics Awareness Month
Hemophilia Awareness Month
International Listening Awareness Month
Mental Handicap Awareness Month
Mental Retardation Awareness Month
National Caffeine Awareness Month
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
National MS Education and Awareness Month
National Peanut Month
Nonpoint Source Pollution Awareness Month
Nutrition Awareness Month
Parenting Awareness Month
Poison Awareness Month
Seagrass Awareness Month
Vulval Health Awareness Month

April
Alcohol Awareness Month
Child Abuse Awareness Month
Foot Health Awareness Month
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Awareness Month
Math Awareness Month
National Cancer Control Month
National Library Awareness Month
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Month
National STD Awareness Month
Rabies Awareness Month
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Sjogren's Awareness Month
Stress Awareness Month
Yukon Biodiversity Awareness Month

May
Better Sleep Month
Correct Posture Month
Digestive Diseases Awareness Month
Garlic Mustard Awareness Month
Hypertension Awareness Month
Mental Health Month
Mural Awareness Month
National Arthritis Month
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
National Hamburger Month
National Hepatitis Awareness Month
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
National Physical Fitness & Sports Month
National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month
National Victims of Pornography Awareness Month
Stroke Awareness Month
Water Awareness Month
Watershed Awareness Month
Women's Health Month

June
Adopt-a-Cat Month
Amateur Radio Awareness Month
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Children's Awareness Month
Dairy Month
International Men's Month
Latino Health Awareness Month
Motorcycle Awareness Month
National Aphasia Awareness Month
National Fireworks Safety Month
National Iced Tea Month
National Osteoporosis Month
National Rivers Awareness Month
National Safety Month
National Trauma Awareness Month
Perennial Gardening Month
Ratings Awareness Month
Rose Month
Scleroderma Awareness Month
Skin Cancer Awareness Month

July
Hemochromatosis Screening Awareness Month
Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month
Lakes Awareness Month
National Hot Dog Month
Psychiatric Disability Awareness Month
Solar Awareness Month

August
Allergy Awareness Month
Cataract Awareness Month
Child Support Awareness Month
Hair Loss Awareness Month
National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM)
Ostomy Awareness Month
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month

September
Baby Safety Month
Healthy Aging Month
Menopause Awareness Month
National Cholesterol Awareness Month
National Food Safety Education Month
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
National Recovery Month
National Sickle Cell Awareness Month
Pain Awareness Month
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

October
Adopt-a-Dog Month
Animal Chiropractic Awareness Month
Children's Health Month
Energy Awareness Month
Environmental Illness Awareness Month
Lead Paint Awareness Month
Lupus Awareness Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Cyber Security Awareness Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
National Gay and Lesbian History Month
National Home Indoor Air Quality & Awareness Month
National Lead Poisoning Awareness Month
National Sausage Month
Psoriasis Awareness Month
Sonography Awareness Month
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
Vegetarian Awareness Month
Window Covering Safety Month

November
National Adoption Awareness Month
National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
National Caregiver's Month
National Diabetes Awareness Month
National Epilepsy Awareness Month
National Family Caregiver's Month
National Marrow Awareness Month
Recycling Awareness Month

December
AIDS Awareness Month
National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month
Seasonal Depression Awareness Month
Sharps Injury Prevention Awareness Month


Now with all of those out there, why is there no Caucasion-American History month?

*This list is not all inclusive...some were left off, and some others probably should have been left off as well!*

[dk]

WTF?! There's a gay and lesbian history month but there's no caucasian American history month? They've also gone with the non-PC "Black History Month"... Whatever happened to "African American"?

July seems to be lacking. Let's drop it in July.

[DoctorP]

yeah I was thinking July or August would be good!

[Fonze]

I guess you're right. Caucasion would mean anyone from Europe right?

At least caucasions found all these horrible diseases, some of which they brought to the new world. J/K

[Fonze]

Thats pretty sad when IBM(irritable bowl syndrome gets a month) and caucasions don't.

[socalheart]

Holy crappities that's a lot of celebrating of pointless stuff. :eek: NAT'L HOT TEA MONTH?! At least it's in January, a cold month. Yeesh. :rolleyes:

I'm all for a Caucasian-American History Month to add to the list. Where's the petition or whatever to sign? I'm not even 100% Caucasian.

[DoctorP]

Just keep posting here, and I will forward a printed copy of this thread to Congress!

[ryukyuboi]

The race month concept is outdated. Rather than add another one, eliminate them all officially. Celebrate diversity daily.

[dk]

Might be good to list inventions by white folks. :p

Everything Microsoft. Yeah, they may have stolen most of their technology, but hey, who cares. They pulled it off. The world would suck without Windows and Excel.

[dk]

The race month concept is outdated. Rather than add another one, eliminate them all officially. Celebrate diversity daily.
True that. We're all the same color under this skin.

[Muku]

The race month concept is outdated. Rather than add another one, eliminate them all officially. Celebrate diversity daily.
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

And in the meantime let's eliminate all the other "heritage" months as well.

[DoctorP]

The race month concept is outdated. Rather than add another one, eliminate them all officially. Celebrate diversity daily.

I was thinking that you would pick up on the fact that I was poking fun as the whole idea! There are too many damn awareness months out there.

The whole idea started when I went to Taco Bell for lunch today and they were giving discounts to hispanics to celebrate Hispanic heritage month! :rolleyes:

[TheNoNamedOne]

Might be good to list inventions by white folks. :p

Everything Microsoft. Yeah, they may have stolen most of their technology, but hey, who cares. They pulled it off. The world would suck without Windows and Excel.

Naaahh... Mac would fill the void and rule the world then.

[dk]

Naaahh... Mac would fill the void and rule the world then.
Mac is GAY!
Not that it's bad to be gay or anything...

[Fonze]

The whole idea started when I went to Taco Bell for lunch today and they were giving discounts to hispanics to celebrate Hispanic heritage month! :rolleyes:

Now thats bull shite!

But don't caucasions get everything everyday anyways i.e. better wages, less profiling etc.....

[TheNoNamedOne]

Mac is GAY!
Not that it's bad to be gay or anything...

MAC doesn't crash and need reinstallng as much as Windows. Or have you guys finally gotten that problem fixed?

MAC is cool. Think different!

[TheNoNamedOne]

But don't caucasions get everything everyday anyways i.e. better wages, less profiling etc.....

Yes, it is true. And we get money handed to us for free when blacks are not around. There was an in depth undercover investigation documenting the reality of this. Look here:

YouTube - Eddie Murphy - Undercover

[dk]

MAC doesn't crash and need reinstallng as much as Windows. Or have you guys finally gotten that problem fixed?

MAC is cool. Think different!
I can't remember the last time I ever actually had problems with my windows. Last few times my computer crashed, it was a hardware problem.

Thinking different has nothing to do with an OS!

I've heard so many dumb reasons for buying macs. I don't even want to get into it lmao. To each his own. I'm just giving you a hard time. Mac's always seem to be bought up by the uh, hmmm, eccentrics... :o

[P_chan]

LOL i used to ask this same question to a buddy of mine, he was from St. Thomas. He would tell me (because every other month is Caucasian month!

[P_chan]

Oh and speaking of macs being gay...


YouTube - Mac vs PC Parody: The Unspoken Message

[TheNoNamedOne]

lol. I have never had a MAC crash. No hardware problems here. Never. Zilcho, nada, zenzen...

hehehehe...

[DoctorP]

lol. I have never had a MAC crash. No hardware problems here. Never. Zilcho, nada, zenzen...

hehehehe...

Because there are only 10 programs that can run on it! :thumbup:

What is there to crash?

[dk]

Oh and speaking of macs being gay...


YouTube - Mac vs PC Parody: The Unspoken Message (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JixbzFjv_cU)
See. I'm always right...

[socalheart]

The whole idea started when I went to Taco Bell for lunch today and they were giving discounts to hispanics to celebrate Hispanic heritage month! :rolleyes:
I'd be interested in seeing them do this here for Asian month (or whatever they're calling it these days). HA! I would so be there. I'd probabkly be the only Asian though. :p LOL... this amuses me.

[ja_Patriot]

DocP which month is Japanese Heritage month at Taco Bells again? Gotta treat the whole in-laws clan some day. Let's see, how this works -

Burritos wa go ju ko mochikaeri, onegaishimasu.
Ikura desu ka? Is that with the discount?
You know it's Japanese Heritage Month, right?
You gave it to Hispanics so my wife and her clan gets it too.
By the way, when's your Caucasian-American month?

Hey, when they tell me, I'll let you know.

[Tempestuous]

Nice list you comprised there DrP. :)
Had some time on your hands?

If we do the American-Caucasian month we would likely get viewed as being....(whole long list of explicit and derogatory words could fit there centering on our being inconsiderate in some way)

Honestly the whole awareness month stuff is really annoying.
I agree with Ry- it's a daily thing.
No amount of monthly awareness is going to "fix" people just being ignorant.

[a_bjyrd]

lol....FONZE....lol it is IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) I guess it would be an Irritable Bowel Movement if you had IBS....

[Isaak Brodsky]

good original question to start the thread.

there's likely no caucasion awareness month for one primary reason.

africa is a continent from which many people from various west african nations had been captured and sold into slavery and shipped off to american shores. not blaming the captors (africans themselves) nor the buyers (european americans) here; just putting out a fact.

today, the white majority in america - that still maintains the vast socioeconomic and political capital - can sometimes fail to remember the early struggle of americans whose ancestors had built this nation in captivity. these forebearers of slaves today, nevertheless, still experience some measures of inequality and racism and intimidation.

a single month set aside for a brief history lesson seems a small price to pay to remember how our nation was built.

ya'll would probably agree that some folks sometimes forget history. even a glance at the extemist in the highest seat of power in iran would like to forget that the holocaust even happened.

even in the face of hard evidence, we have people all around us who'd like to ignore facts of history.

[DougP]

Yeah what would be the point of bringing out a bunch of cupcakes and start handing them out if you don't have enough for everyone. In this case the white kid doesn't get a cupcake:D And there's more than just Europeans to consider when you're talking about Caucasians;)

[ststephen65]

i thought every month was Caucasian-American month

[Muku]

i thought every month was Caucasian-American month

Unless you live in Japan or some other non-caucasian dominated country right?:rolleyes:

[P_chan]

i thought every month was Caucasian-American month

You don't know how many times I've heard that:rolleyes:

[kombu_kid]

As whites being the majority and in power, it does seem a little strange to "pat one's self on the back", so to speak, by establishing a caucasion-american month, but I don't suffer from "whitey guilt" AND who in the world could say that caucasions don't deserve it? Except for all the people who hate our guts for being in power......

these forebearers of slaves today, nevertheless, still experience some measures of inequality and racism and intimidation.

Maybe they do, but as long as we've got Vietnamese boat people, Cuban refugees, and illegal immigrants in the U.S. who came here with zilch, hit the ground running and became wealthy, I'm not feeling sorry for anyone who was born here and claims they just can't make it. You just gotta kick ass, be focused and don't look back.