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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Today’s Black Spotlight hero is Trevor Noah.

I see a decidedly liberal tilt to these choices.  Like PP said, not a single Colin Powell or Boyd Rutherford in the bunch.[/quote]

How many Colin Powells would you want? There only is one Colin Powell.

And all that Boyd Rutherford has done is be the third black lieutenant governor of Maryland in a row. If anybody, it should be Michael Steele, who was the first African-American elected to statewide office in Maryland.

Not that either of them has been enthusiastic about the Republican Party lately.[/quote]

Why not acknowledge AAs who are Republican?  In this age of "intersectionality," it's appropriate, no? [/quote]
#1 - Obviously the school is spotlighting popular contemporary individuals of cultural significance. Boyd Rutherford isn’t popular.  When has he ever been trending on Instagram or Twitter?  
#2 - Just because the school is spotlighting select contemporary individuals doesn’t mean kids aren’t being taught about any other blacks.  They could very well be learning about Colin Powell and Condeleeza Rice.  They could very well be learning about Michelle Bernard and Michael Steele.
#3 - It’s primarily conservative troglodytes who emerge from their caves in February that glance at the calendar and ask: “Why don’t we have White History Month?”[/quote]

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