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" As an African-American, I&amp;#039;ve spent a good portion on my life defending Black History Month. Many people believe that celebrating a specific ethnic group is antiquated and unnecessary. I wholeheartedly disagree with the naysayers because people aren&amp;#039;t naturally inclined to celebrate other cultures. So a month when we focus attention on a particular culture doesn&amp;#039;t seem like too much to me. A few weeks ago, I asked a coworker what she was doing to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. She looked at me with a puzzled expression on her face. &amp;quot;When is Hispanic Heritage Month?&amp;quot; she asked. &amp;quot;It starts on September 15th and ends on October 15th,&amp;quot; I said. &amp;quot;Really,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I didn&amp;#039;t even know that there was such a thing.&amp;quot; Her cavalier response validated my previous assertion. Many of the people I talked to about Hispanic Heritage Month had responses that ranged from vague awareness to outright hostility (unfortunately, many people asked, &amp;quot;Why do they have their own month?). Read more  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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