Man on the Street Black History Month Edition

What is your favorite part about black history month?

Aaron Cannon, Junior
I'd say my favorite part of black history month is that we get to embrace our culture more, and we get to recognize all the historically famous black people who we don't recognize throughout the year.

Diondre Trotter, Freshman
I love a month of being able to like, praise like, the race of being African-American.

Torry Jackson, Freshman
My favorite part of black history month is being recognized and being able to enjoy the culture.

What do you love about black culture?

Aaron Cannon
I love how out there we are, I love how black people are the culture. We express the culture and put it all out there with dance moves, fashion, music, all of it that people wanna listen to and learn, everything.

Diondre Trotter
We got our own style of like, how we feel we should be represented like the way that we talk or whatever. It's like we got our own way of living, and it's a good thing to have.

Torry Jackson
My favorite part of black culture is all the different styles and embracing how we're all different. I love the music and the different influences like that. It's really cool to see how it affects people.

What do you love about celebrating Black History Month?

Aaron Cannon
My favorite part is embracing our culture more and recognizing those who usually go unnoticed. I love how black people express the culture by putting it all out there like dance moves, fashion, music. Everyone wants to listen and learn everything.

Diondre Trotter
I love a month of being able to praise the race of being African-American. We got our own style of how we feel we should be represented and we have our own ways of living. It's a good thing to have.

Torry Jackson
My favorite part is being recognized and being able to enjoy the culture. I love all the different styles and embracing how we're all different. I love the music and different influences like that, and seeing how it affects people is really cool.