It's bad enough we don't really celebrate Black History Month at our school...

Francesca V. - Senior Editorial Columnist 

It's bad enough we don't really celebrate Black History Month at our school. Being a Black student is troublesome here, and it must be more critical for the three Black teachers in our school, one Black male. I don't think Black students are the focus of anything here, and it bothers me that when you mention Black, Black power, or Black education, some teachers take it as a sign of revolt or anger. We have no protections like other castes of students that are catered to, coddled, and celebrated on their cultural holidays. To make matters worse, our principal, the first Somali principal, and a major St. Paul Public High School resigned last week citing 'family challenges,' that we can respect and honor, but now Humboldt High School and its Black students don't have an example of Black Excellence. 

I notice that there are barely black teachers working at Humboldt, plus when it was Christmas all the teachers put up decorations on their door but when it came to black history month none of the teachers besides the two put up decorations but took them down quick. At Humboldt some people don’t understand that what they're wearing on their head is inappropriate because it’s someone's culture which is called keffiyeh which is something that they wear for culture day, every-time I walk in the hallways I see people wear them but people don’t stand up for their culture and tell them that’s inappropriate to wear.

When it was black history month the school only did three stories about three black people and stopped for nothing but I think they should've done it every day so people can learn about what happened to the people we call heroes today, for me, I think we should’ve talked about the people that were killed this year and last year. At least have like a group of all black people and try and see if they can change the rules around Humboldt for Black History Month every year instead of doing nothing.

Black and Hispanic graduates also generally have attended institutions that have less money to spend on offering quality education. And they are significantly underrepresented in important fields such as engineering and education, mathematics and statistics, and the physical sciences. Black students are two times more likely to be suspended without education services compared to their white peers. 

Let’s talk about the first three people that went to college, in 1850 Harvard Medical School accepts its first three black students, one of whom was Martin Delany. But Harvard later rescinds the invitations due to pressure from white students.1845 Ashmun Institute (now Lincoln University) is founded as the first institute of higher education for black men. But the list goes on and on if you guys want to look at the website about all the black people that got accepted to college visit  https://www.jbhe.com › chronology.

So the next time we have Black History Month think about what you guys wanna do for black history month like actually do something exciting and talk about new things about black people and what you think we should do about it.