[Samuel]

Don’t take this as an insult, but your question seems to underscore a curious social phenomenon I’ve long suspected exists in our larger culture: The inability of many, if not most whites (not to mention an alarming number of blacks and other minorities as well) to comprehend the extent to which racism (historical and contemporary) has affected the contours of our American society.

To illustrate, I’ll turn your first question around: Would there have been a need for a Miss Black America if black women had never been excluded from the “original” pageant in the first place? Has the largely white-controlled mass media’s resistance to recognizing the beauty of non-white women contributed as well? Also, ask yourself: Even though America has a huge population of Spanish-speaking citizens and residents of South and Central American origins, why are there separate Spanish-language networks? If you allow yourself to take an honest look at the larger historical picture, you will see that these organizations and individuals are merely trying to fill a basic human desire, the desire to fit in, as they have found largely rejection from the larger (read: white) society. The intent is not to create an atmosphere of exclusion, but to avoid being marginalized.

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[Samuel]

There is an old saying: ‘History is written by the conquerors.’ This has been the case throughout humanity. The aforementioned saying aptly implies that those who write history do so to justify their own place in the societies they have come to dominate. How can such flawed and biased repetition of historical misinformation continue in the ‘Information Age?’ I suggest you read Professor James W. Loewen’s Lies My Teacher Told Me. In addition to other historical myths, Loewen dissects the Columbus story (as taught in American schools) and relates many of the possible reasons why truths have been replaced with groundless suppositions and outright lies. I believe you’ll find the core of the answer you seek lies within the wording of your question.

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