I don’t know if you will post again; however, who said that Christians can’t learn from non-christians. I went to a non-christian elementry, middle, jr. high, High school and college. I learn a bunch from non-christians. So you may be mistaken. Take care.

I read your last post with great understanding of your views.

Sadly, most of us have been sold and we can all find something in our lives that we are ashamed of because we have been “brainwashed” into thinking that it is automatically wrong if it concerns us.

Yes, we as a people have indeed been bamboozled which ironically, means that Black History is important.

Righter apologizes for the delay in response but I am somewhat behind on reading.

However, I think that it is important to note that other cultures do indeed celebrate their cultures and I have included a link which has a diverse range.

http://www.kqed.org/topics/history/heritage/

In addition, you stated that people do not need Black history to make a living, but Algebra and Geometry are needed by some people. This is a balnket statement because there are various African American history, literature, etc. programs through out the United States that are offered at highly accredited universities. Thus, “some” people, including myself, have benefitted from these programs and do indeed make a living from them.

Because the number of programs are so vast, I have taken the opportunity to list a link to a Google page:

http://www.google.com/search?

hl=en&rlz=1T4SUNA_enUS249US249&q=doctoral+programs+in+african+american+history#

As such, there are a lot of highly educated people who are not Black who feel that African American History is indeed important. If it were not, the Ivy league schools would not even touch it…

I have said this to say that you are justified in not thinking it is important because it is your right, but there are a lot of us who do.

In conclusion, Righter respects your stance

It is especially important to note that I was touched by a praise dance that was done by a Korean student, who did an excellent job. I say this because several years ago, I had the opportunity to teach a white student named Lindsey, who was graduating that year. She was a Christian missionary that had traveled abroad during the formulative years of her life and during her senior year, she did a praise dance in honor of Black History month at a program that was held at our school.

Now for those of you who are legalistic, I consider “good” praise dancing to merely be “modern dance”, which is an acceptable art form if it is indeed done as it should be, with tact. Nonetheless, I will say that I have “never” witnessed so much beauty in my life as I watched this girl “glide” in natural procession as if this is what she was simply made to do. I sat in that auditorium with my class and cried until my faced swelled!! Of course, my class joked me but hey, Righter does have a soft side! Lol

Righter had never witnessed such powerful expression before or after this experience and I have been “around”…

Sadly, Lindsey was killed the next year during her first year of college at Old Dominion University while driving to school. It is said that she was tired and quite possibly fell asleep at the wheel not far from her home in Suffolk, VA and ran into an 18-wheeler. She fought a good fight, but the injuries were too much for her to bear and she passed away a short time later.

I attended her funeral that was well attended by various dignitaries and school system employees who had all been touched by this child. Shown during the funeral were video clips from her many missionary trips to spread the Gospel in underdeveloped nations.

Thus, I conclude and there is no way to tell, that this child came to earth to show the beauty of God through dance and I am so happy that I was blessed to witness it. If there are such things as angels in human form, I will say that I believe that I could have possibly seen one and only one to my knowledge in my 46 years and her name was Lindsey, who to all of my critics, was white, which really had no bearing on anything for she was a wonderful and truly special human being….

In conclusion, African American history and all history for that matter is good for everyone…And one more thing, it doesn’t matter what the color the person is that is doing the presentation–:-)

I am certain that there are opportunities for me to respond further up. As such, I ask for your patience and will respond to any and all comments once I return to MD on tomorrow night.

However, I had to take 5 minutes to say, “why did I know that Chuck was not a Christian from his very first post???

Have a great weekend everyone and although this conversation is somewhat heated, it is nonethless healthy dialog which, next to collard greens and yams, is good for the soul–:-)