Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM; retains Black Friday

Re:Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM; retain... by Larrikin on Monday February 10, 2025 @08:22PM (#43007795)

>In 1986, Congress passed Public Law 99-244, which designated February 1986 as "National Black (Afro-American) History Month.” This law noted that February 1, 1986 would “mark the beginning of the sixtieth annual public and private salute to Black History.” The law further directed the president to issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe February 1986 as Black History Month with the appropriate ceremonies and activities. President Reagan issued Presidential Proclamation 5443 External

https://guides.loc.gov/black-history-month-legal-resources/h...

It has been on the calendar for over a generation. It has been on every single paper calendar I've seen in my entire life well before Google was even a thing.

Black History month has been attacked and removed because the President and many of his supporters are racist. That's why

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Re:Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM; retain... by ars on Monday February 10, 2025 @08:35PM (#43007922)

> Black History month has been attacked and removed because the President and many of his supporters are racist. That's why

It could also be that Google wanted to show off their time machine, so they removed it 9 months ago.

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Re:Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM; retain... by Larrikin on Monday February 10, 2025 @08:45PM (#43008009)

Or they were reading the winds and playing both sides like Bezos and his non-endorsement by removing events after they had already happened in 2024

Black Friday is still on the calendar because they couldn't rewrite history before it happened.

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Re:Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM; retain... by blackeyeblitzar on Monday February 10, 2025 @08:25PM (#43007823)

The text you quoted seems to be about one particular year. But leaving that, why was BHM part of Google’s US holidays calendar? As I recall Juneteenth was made an official holiday, so maybe showing that makes sense even though it’s also activist. But Pride and BHM?

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Re:Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM; retain... by mikebonnell on Monday February 10, 2025 @08:31PM (#43007877)

You seem to be missing this point from the wording:

"mark the beginning of the sixtieth annual public and private salute to Black History." emphasis on beginning and annual

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Re:Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM; retain... by KittenInABox on Monday February 10, 2025 @08:28PM (#43007847)

Have you been raised in the US? Did you go to any educational institution or maybe you were raised in a much more isolated environment? The celebration of BHM was in practically every school I've been in, as a public school student. It makes total sense for BHM to be in a general US calendar even if not everyone celebrates it as a holiday. Jewish holidays and Ramadan also fell under this category in my experience.

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Re:Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM; retain... by numba888 on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @06:54PM (#43019924)

Without other groups it's racism. That reminds me my last job. On my question why I'm getting spam from some group I wasn't interested in they responded like "because we are sending it to everyone, ha-ha". Typical wokes.

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