Another Black History Month is getting close to the end. I hate saying or thinking this, but it feels like a lot of the energy it used to have has diminished over the last 10 years or so; possibly much longer than that... and I don't like it.

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We're in the last week of Black History Month for this year, and I feel like I've been cheated. Is it because I don't have TV anymore? Is it because I see little of the holiday or diversity issues on YouTube? Or maybe it just feels like there's been a lot of fizzle as I've gotten older? Most of my articles on diversity get little reaction these days, not only on this blog but when I share them on sites like LinkedIn.

Last year it felt like there was a black resurgence coming; not only does it feel like it's diminished, but it's been taken over by conservative radicals, who are still mad because Obama was once president, and he's still and always going to be more popular than the guy who came in after him (who's just been voted worst American president ever; classic!); try telling me I've got this one wrong.
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