Jeremy Hunt: Black history vs. cancel culture – you have to tell the whole story. Here's why

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Jeremy Hunt: Black history vs. cancel culture – you have to tell the whole story. Here's why

 By Jeremy Hunt | Fox News

 

In all of the Black history tributes on TV commercials and social media this month, you will be hard-pressed to find one that features a single Black conservative leader.

Cancel culture warriors routinely exclude legends like Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice from history just because of their political views.  

Yet, it’s clear that many of the same people who seek to cancel conservative icons lack even a basic understanding of American history.  

 

For example, San Francisco public schools gleefully publicized their county-wide commemoration of Black History Month. In addition to their social media and blog posts, they even released a "2021 Black History Resource Guide" to punctuate their embrace of the holiday. 

But here’s the irony: just a week prior, they voted to strip a school of Abraham Lincoln’s name – one of the men Black History Month was originally intended to recognize. 

 

In 1926, Carter G. Woodson – known as the "Father of Black History" – created the first Negro History Week held in the second week of February specifically to honor the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass. In the decades that followed, Negro History Week evolved into what we now celebrate as Black History Month. 

While it’s unsettling that the leaders of a major public school district could be so clueless about history, they certainly are not alone. Many of the same cancel culture enthusiasts – who, for example, seek to silence conservative voices in news publications or social media sites – wax eloquently about the contributions of Black leaders throughout history. However, history is a clear rebuke of cancel culture.   

 

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/black-history-cancel-culture-jeremy-hunt

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