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Originally Posted by texassapper
“No moulignon holidays … From kwanza [sic] to MLK Jr. Day to Black History Month to Juneteenth. Every single one needs to be eviscerated.”
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I do not support or endorse that statement.
However, one should evaluate each of them and decide if this or that holiday stands for what they themselves stand for.
I embrace MLK's vision laid out in his "I have a dream" speech, but do not feel that he rises to\the level of having a federal holiday in his honor . . . .but that is just me.
I observe Christmas as both a secular and religious holiday and view Quanta as a one man's interpretation of an amalgamation of African cultures that he manufactured into an observable holiday tradition. Yet I feel that others should be able to le to observe that Quanta as they wish.
In a similar vein, I feel that every month is "Black History Month" and those aspects of our nation's history that involve the contributions of and n otsble acts b y African Americans should be noted in every school's history curriculum. . . .but we don't need to set aside a whole month dedicated to that study.
June Tenth is n notable for its historic significance here inTexas, but today it has become just an other nation wide day-off for a party, much as has Cinco de Mayo . . .both have become meaningless to most celebrants.