{"id":4675,"date":"2026-02-12T12:09:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/black-immigrant-voices-call-for-inclusion-in-black-history-month\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T12:09:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:09:52","slug":"black-immigrant-voices-call-for-inclusion-in-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/black-immigrant-voices-call-for-inclusion-in-black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Immigrant Voices Call for Inclusion in Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0UFhDmzWoR8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>As Black History Month continues, a growing number of Black immigrants are expressing frustration over feeling excluded from the broader narrative. The conversation centers around identity, diaspora connections, African American history, and whether Black History Month should highlight global Black contributions or remain focused primarily on the African American experience.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, we explore:<br \/>\n\u2022 Why some Black immigrants feel left out<br \/>\n\u2022 The historical foundation of Black History Month<br \/>\n\u2022 Differences between African American and immigrant Black experiences<br \/>\n\u2022 The role of diaspora identity in 2026<br \/>\n\u2022 Whether this debate is about inclusion \u2014 or recognition<\/p>\n<p>This is a nuanced discussion about identity, history, and cultural representation \u2014 not division.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc47 Comment below: Should Black History Month expand its global focus \u2014 or stay rooted in African American history?<br \/>\n#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackImmigrants #Diaspora #AfricanAmerican #CulturalIdentity #2026Debate #BlackVoices #CommunityDialogue<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Black History Month continues, a growing number of Black immigrants are expressing frustration over feeling excluded from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hqdefault-128.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}