...nor to 19th century conventions.
There's also Native American Heritage Month. Now admittedly, all of this is a wee bit silly. And yes, obviously every year should be Black History Year.
The answer, then, to Kevin's question, is "neither". It should not be celebrated, and it is not pc (for one thing it's not called African American History Month, as it would be if it were pc.
) It's symbolic politics, ie "I
won't "can't" give you justice but I can give you a
hug history month" elitist poor-appeasing crap.
Then again, once it's there, abolishing it would also be purely symbolic politics - racist symbolic politics. Keep on the law books; ignore.