FOXNews reported Seattle public schools want a side of political correctness served on your Thanksgiving table.
Washington state's largest school district sent letters to teachers and other employees suggesting Thanksgiving should be "a time of mourning" for its Native American students. The memo, from Caprice Hollins, the district's director of Equity, Race & Learning Support, included an attachment to a paper titled "Deconstructing the Myths of 'The First Thanksgiving.'"
It includes 11 "myths" disputing everything from what was served at the first Thanksgiving (no mashed potatoes or cranberries) and who provided the food to the nature of the Pilgrims themselves: Myth No. 3 calls the colonists "rigid fundamentalists" who came to the New World "fully intending to take the land away from its native inhabitants." But what got the Internet abuzz was Myth No. 11: "Thanksgiving is a happy time." It was followed by "Fact: For many Indian people, 'Thanksgiving' is a time of mourning ... a bitter reminder of 500 years of betrayal returned for friendship."
DRJ blogged Pretty depressing stuff. Instead of Pilgrim and Indian costumes, I guess they expect kids to dress in sackcloth and ashes at Thanksgiving.
Gateway Pundit blogged The Leftist apologists controlling the school district in Seattle want the local kids to understand that Thanksgiving is really about the slaughter of American Indians. We are all bad people.
Dr Weevil blogged I think there’s room for wide agreement here. Surely men and women of good will can agree that Thanksgiving has always been a day of mourning . . . for turkeys.
Washington state's largest school district sent letters to teachers and other employees suggesting Thanksgiving should be "a time of mourning" for its Native American students. The memo, from Caprice Hollins, the district's director of Equity, Race & Learning Support, included an attachment to a paper titled "Deconstructing the Myths of 'The First Thanksgiving.'"
It includes 11 "myths" disputing everything from what was served at the first Thanksgiving (no mashed potatoes or cranberries) and who provided the food to the nature of the Pilgrims themselves: Myth No. 3 calls the colonists "rigid fundamentalists" who came to the New World "fully intending to take the land away from its native inhabitants." But what got the Internet abuzz was Myth No. 11: "Thanksgiving is a happy time." It was followed by "Fact: For many Indian people, 'Thanksgiving' is a time of mourning ... a bitter reminder of 500 years of betrayal returned for friendship."
That is insane. Indians were not always treated well, but it has nothing to fo with the first Thanksgiving.Hollins would not defend her letter,
How could she, it is indefensible.but David Tucker, a spokesman for the district, said it was an effort to be sensitive to minorities in Seattle schools.
And make them feel victims."One of the core elements in education is not just understanding your own life history but also those of others," he said.
Even if you have to lie about it.John blogged It is hard to understand how Seattle's "director of Equity, Race & Learning Support" thinks she is doing Native American children a favor by urging them to adopt a resentful, oppositionist attitude toward the Thanksgiving holiday.
DRJ blogged Pretty depressing stuff. Instead of Pilgrim and Indian costumes, I guess they expect kids to dress in sackcloth and ashes at Thanksgiving.
Gateway Pundit blogged The Leftist apologists controlling the school district in Seattle want the local kids to understand that Thanksgiving is really about the slaughter of American Indians. We are all bad people.
Dr Weevil blogged I think there’s room for wide agreement here. Surely men and women of good will can agree that Thanksgiving has always been a day of mourning . . . for turkeys.
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