America is not JUST a Checker Board Nation

As most of us know, February means Black History month. We recount on the beautiful, inspirational people who helped unify African Americans with the rest of the United States. We retell the tales of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks, and the other famous names we've come to learn over the course of our lives. However, whilst the festive celebrations of Black heritage and harmony of living in an (almost) equal world bring about amazing feelings, I can't help but wonder: what about Hispanics? The Irish? Any other race that has come into America to make it the great melting pot that it is. Does anyone even know that there is an Asian Pacific American Heritage month? An American Indian Heritage month? In the following url, smithsonianeducation.org/heritage_month, it states "in honor of our nation’s richly diverse cultural heritage, the Smithsonian celebrates five heritage months each year." While the Smithsonian does its best to celebrate five heritages for what they are worth, I do not see this happening widely in America. It seems as though schools only teach Black heritage in February and disregard all other races and backgrounds as something that is just there. Sure, sometimes the Irish are recognized when St. Patty's day bares its head with green beer and corned beef and Mexicans will be recognized on May Fifth for Cinco De Mayo, but otherwise, where is the celebration of diversity? We are not a checkerboard nation, we are a rainbow of ethnicities. Reach out and touch our diverse nation, make everyone feel individual. We are all players in this game, so recognize eachother!