<P> Black History Month often sparks an annual debate about the continued usefulness and fairness of a designated month dedicated to the history of one race . Criticisms include questions over whether it is appropriate to confine the celebration of Black history to one month, as opposed to integration of Black history into the mainstream education the rest of the year . Another criticism is that contrary to the original inspiration for Black History Month, which was a desire to redress the manner in which American schools failed to represent Black historical figures as anything other than slaves or colonial subjects, Black History Month reduces complex historical figures to overly simplified objects of hero worship . Other critics refer to the celebration as racist . </P> <P> Black celebrities such as actor and director Morgan Freeman and actress Stacey Dash have criticized Black History Month, with Freeman saying, "I don't want a Black history month . Black history is American history ." Freeman has argued that there was no White History Month, because white people did not want their history relegated to just one month . </P>

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