Black History Month Is Lackluster When Elites Obsess Over Race All Year Long

Do you feel like Black History Month was a little lacking in celebration this February?

Super Bowl ads are highly acclaimed Recent years For their Promoting diversity, equity, inclusionThis year, they seemed less obsessed by the topic. “Super Bowl Commercials Reflect Waning DE&I Commitment in the Ad Industry,” One headlineIts author noted that “the majority of casts, crews and directors behind the 2023 Big Game commercials are white men.” Indeed, after a Dramatic increase in racial and sexual minorities in 2020 and 2021, Forbes in January reported Surprisingly, streaming and television advertising are becoming more whiter.

Is America approaching “diversity and inclusion” exhaustion? Has our elite establishment’s obsession with all things related to racial and sexual minorities — and, by extension, an ideology defined by victimhood narratives — made the Actual Are the celebratory events on our calendar more trite and boring than they should be? Maybe February feels less special because it seems like every month is Black History Month.

Diversity and Inclusion over-Saturation

Many places are showing signs of cultural diversity and inclusion saturation. Given the way that Northern Virginia’s grocery stores have promoted Pride Month and Asian-American/Pacific Islander Month, I expected to see a huge celebration of black culture, cuisine, black-owned businesses, and other aspects of black culture. Surprise, surprise! Nothing In my local grocery shop to celebrate Black History Month, it was all Valentine’s Day product selling. 

Also, I expected to see a significant increase in coverage and celebration of Black History Month in The Washington Post as well as other corporate media. It could be a major insert in the printed edition, or a separate page on the website. But no — the Post’s “Race in America: History Matters” Series declared It would dedicate February’s programming for Black History Month. However, it would do so with a series that is already titled. “Race in America,” What exactly was it that made the difference? The New York Times website Featured “Recent and archival articles, essays, photographs, videos, infographics, writing prompts, lesson plans and more,” To honor Black History Month. The Times says that we do this all the time, every day. Just look at what we have done in the past.

Corporate media commentary about Black History Month has become increasingly hostile and shrill in recent years. “How — and how not — to celebrate Black History Month: Let’s have less virtue signaling, hypocrisy, and misidentifying of Black people this year, OK?” The Title of the 2022 column in The Boston Globe. There is an a “White Leech on Black History Month,” Cole Arthur Riley, in a WaPo Op-ed from last year. An WaPo’s opinion was titled the year before.: “I don’t need or want corporations celebrating Black History Month.” An Education Week: Article from the last year He urged whites not to make themselves the center for Black History Month. Translation: We are able to shame you for celebrating Black History Month.

Every month, it’s about race and racism

All of our elite institutions — not only corporate media,

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