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-Black History Month is not really a sign of success.
It's a sign there's a problem.
And there's a problem that needs to be addressed.
And you could say as long as we have it, it shows that problem,
however it good it is, it shows that problem
hasn't been solved.
Black History Month does lend itself to tokenism.
I mean, when you see Tony Blair supporting it,
I mean, obviously everybody should be concerned.
It's part of the whole kind of multicultural notion,
multiculturalism.
You have a bit of this and a bit of that.
And what you're saying, what you're entrenching is,
that those things are secondary, are inferior to the mainstream.
You could say it's part of keeping the status quo.
It's part the ghetto-isation of our history.
You say, OK, October, you can have that history.
The rest of the year, we're going to forget about it.
So to that extent, it could be seen as something--
a symptom of the ghetto-isation and problems
that we experience the rest of the year.
Well, I think if we lived in an ideal world we might not
have Black History Month, because we'd be learning
about this rich history throughout our whole lives,
throughout the rest of the year.
But we don't.
That's not the situation.
It's not an ideal world.
It's not a perfect world.
So we are using every opportunity
to deal with those problems.
Black History Month is one attempt
to deal with those problems.
I don't think I'll ever be satisfied with Black History
Month, because to me Black History Month is a recognition
that our history has been ghetto-ised.
So as long as there's Black History Month,
I will not be satisfied.