But no matter how we approached it, no matter how passionately we explained ourselves, we began to see that Black History Month was too polarizing. So we compromised. We modified the vision. We shortened the time frame from a month to a week and changed the name. What I had originally envisioned as Black History Month was pitched as “Brotherhood Week of Celebration.” It would still highlight African Americans, but it would also include history from every other non-White group in the high school (Native American, Hispanic, and Asian alike). In some ways, it felt like a disappointment, but in
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