Why is Black History Month missing the history? | Opinion Jalicia Lewis This Black History Month was a special one. Traditionally, the celebration of Black excellence during one month of the year is cushioned between 11 months of general apathy by white America. But that all changed with the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor. For many white Americans, the last nine months have been the first time they saw Black people as oppressed, and they, the unknowing oppressors. Yes, the same Black people they work with, live next door to, and even employ. Black History Month presented the opportunity to tackle that inequality head-on with new knowledge and perspective. Yet the result of that realization has been an overwhelming wave of white guilt expressed in a desperate attempt to “make it right” in February.