r/vexillology • u/Vexy Exclamation Point • Feb 01 '26
Contest February 2026 Flag Design Contest - Black History Month US/Canada/Jamacia
Prompt: Design a flag for US/Canada/Jamaican Black History Month
February is black history month in the following countries.
This month, we want you to make a flag that symbolises black history month for each of those countries. To be clear, each country is a category.
PLEASE Remember the basic rules - a maximum of ONLY two submissions per entrant. TWO. No more. You can do two designs for one country’s black history month, or one design for two different countries. NO MORE.
DO NOT show your design ANYWHERE ELSE on the subreddit before the contest is over.
Submission deadline is Wednesday 18th February 2026. Voting will begin on Thursday 19th February and end on Friday 27th February.
To submit a flag to represent America’s Black History Month, Click here
Click anywhere on this link to enter a flag representing Canada’s Black History Month
To take part in the contest with a design for Jamaica's Black History Month, use this link
2
u/Classic_Greedy Feb 15 '26
I’m from Jamaica but I’m a UK resident. Can I still participate?
3
u/Brasitino_do_Sul :MY25: May 25 Contest Winner Feb 16 '26
Of course! You can participate for any of them, I'm pretty sure
3
u/VertigoOne Oct 20 Contest Winner Feb 16 '26
Everyone from anywhere can participate! I'm from the UK myself also!
-4
u/JeremieOnReddit European Union Feb 04 '26
That's insane. There is no "black history". There is no "white history" or "yellow history". History is no color-coded. There is American history. There is Canadian history, Mexican history, European history, etc... Black people, or white people, or yellow people, etc... did not live, and do not live, in isolation with people of other colours. The history of black individuals in any country belong to the national history of this country, to all its citizen regardless or race and skin colour, not to a single group composed of people of a certain colour.
9
u/VertigoOne Oct 20 Contest Winner Feb 05 '26
That can be your opinion, but it's not the opinion of the people who set up these months.
They argue that black people often have a specific experience which represents a different part of the story. A part that often gets under-focused/under-valued when considering wider sweeps of history. Hence why these months exist.
We're not here to argue. We see these things as the people who set them up do, and we're doing a design contest accordingly.
7
u/heckitsjames Feb 09 '26
I would encourage you to read about why the concept of Black history exists before making statements like this. This is very ignorant. In the US, for example, Black or African Americans form a distinct cultural group that is different from the various other cultural groups present within the United States. It's not solely about skin color. The reason for this is should clue you in as to why Black History Month is a thing.
0
u/Candid-Win-5369 Feb 15 '26
I guess Jeremie's point is that history should be restricted to geographic regions only.
2
u/VertigoOne Oct 20 Contest Winner Feb 15 '26
It's a view - but I'd counter that view with the fact that the same critique could be applied to geographic regions. Canadian history is not in complete isolation from Spanish history, nor Spanish in complete isolation from French or North African or even Chinese.
If you're going to argue "There's no 'Black history' because black people did not live in isolation of people of other colours" which is a paraphrase of Jeremie's argument, then that same argument also applies on the geographic level, because Spain did not live in isolation of Morroco, and China did not exist in isolation from Nepal etc.
-4
Feb 16 '26
Lame. Valentines would have been a lot more fun and less divisive. Big L from the contest planner(s).
3
u/VertigoOne Oct 20 Contest Winner Feb 16 '26
Can you explain how black history month is "divisive"?
Some people are not attached/in a couple etc. So wouldn't valentines day be "divisive" too?
-4
Feb 16 '26
Some people are not attached/in a couple etc. So wouldn't valentines day be "divisive" too?
I guess it's fine to force people who aren't black to participate in a contest revolving around black history month then?
At least everyone regardless of race can participate in Valentine's Day.
A little critical thinking goes a long way.
5
u/VertigoOne Oct 20 Contest Winner Feb 16 '26
Critical thinking?
We have done contests for Greenlandic municipalities. Very few of us are from Greenland.
We did redesign the American flag. Not all of us here are from the USA.
Plus, the point of black history month is to teach everyone about black history, not just black people.
If you don't grasp that, critical thinking should be something you should do more.
-3
Feb 16 '26
Mmk sure, see you next month for White/Asian/Latino history month, or some sort equivalent then.
Black history month is a joke for a contest. Gfys.
5
u/VertigoOne Oct 20 Contest Winner Feb 16 '26
We may well do other history months.
As for this month, there is no meaningful reason it's a "bad" contest. You just don't like it. Your reasons for not liking it (in summary "I'm not black so why should I be forced to participate in a contest...") are pretty childish and dumb, but whatever. No one is forcing you to participate. If you don't like it, feel free to ignore it and not participate.
Black history month is a joke for a contest
You've yet to provide a single actual argument as to why.
4
u/VertigoOne Oct 20 Contest Winner Feb 16 '26
United States - 14
Canada - 13
Jamaica - 12
This is where we are right now!