Then They Came For Thanksgiving…
[VDARE.COM
on earlier Thanksgivings:
11/21/01 – Thanksgiving: The National Question
Footnote
11/27/02 – Thanksgiving, Crazy Horse, Us
11/27/02 – Thanksgiving Prayer 2002
TODAY`S LETTER: A Reader Comments on Multi-Cultist
Holidays
09/25/03 – Pressure On The Pot [Blast
from Past! A 1989 Peter Brimelow column from the London
Times.]
Our annual
Christmas competition, in which VDARE.COM spotlights
the
“War Against Christmas” is coming up soon. But while
you`re eating your
turkey this year, you should know that there`s a
war against
Thanksgiving too.
The first Thanksgiving was
proclaimed by
George Washington, The Father of His Country, who
has been repeatedly
attacked for being a slave-owner, and for
not being diverse.
Thankgiving was officially revived
by in 1863 by Abraham Lincoln, the “Great
Emancipator”, who has been
attacked by Lerone Bennett, of Ebony Magazine,
for
being in favor of a “lily white America
without Native Americans, African Americans, and Martin
Luther Kings.”
And finally, Thanksgiving is
celebrated on the fourth (not last) Thursday in November
because
Mayflower descendant FDR, who has been
attacked for interning
innocent (make that fairly “innocent”)
Asian-Americans, wanted to help Macy`s and Gimbels
start
Christmas shopping early.
Funny things seems happen to
Thanksgiving Presidents
Robert Stacy McCain has an article
in the Washington Times detailing some of the
latest
anti-Thanksgiving horrors.
“Multiculturalism has taken its toll on the reputation
of the small band of Protestant separatists who landed
at Plymouth Rock in November 1620.
“Only
51 of the 102 who arrived aboard the Mayflower survived
the first harsh New England winter. Now the question is
whether the Pilgrims can survive political correctness
in the 21st century. [Pilgrims`
progress? November 25, 2003]
McCain reports that the Plymouth,
Massachusetts, Board of Selectmen
“erected plaques at Plymouth Rock declaring: `Native
Americans do not celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrims
and other European settlers. To them, Thanksgiving Day
is a reminder of the genocide of millions of their
people, the theft of their lands, and the relentless
assault on their culture.`”
There are four problems with
Thanksgiving: 1) white Pilgrims, (“an offensive
representation of
one gender, one race and one historical period“);
2) ungrateful Indians, who pick Thanksgiving
to highlight their
unthankfulness; 3) modern immigrants, who feel that
Thanksgiving has nothing to do with them, 4)
[unmentionable], to whom
thanks are given. Here are some examples:
Indians Not Thankful
“During an interview
on Monday`s Today with the author of a book
urging families to learn more about the history of
Thanksgiving and to appreciate being American, NBC`s
Ann Curry countered: `You know there are some American
Indians who feel that Thanksgiving should be a day of
mourning not a day of celebration because of what
happened to their people.`”
Insensitive 6-year oldsA
group of Skokie 1st graders got an unexpected lesson
in cultural sensitivity Friday when their principal
wouldn`t let them
dress as American Indians for their annual
Thanksgiving celebration.
After a parent complained that the costumes the
children had made might be offensive, the principal
told the kids to leave their construction-paper
headdresses on the classroom shelves.
Those who had opted to be pilgrims fared no better.
Their paper black hats and bonnets also were banned,
and for the first time in more than two decades, the
1st graders at Madison School commemorated the events
of October 1621 in their school clothes.
American Indian groups in Chicago applauded Principal
Pete Davis` decision. Leonard Malatare [Malatare@aol.com]
of the
American Indian Center said generic Indian outfits
tend to promote Hollywood-style stereotypes of
American Indians.
School bars pilgrim, Indian costumes as insensitive,
By Rex W. Huppke, Chicago
Tribune, November 22, 2003
Pilgrims Not Diverse Enough For 21st
Century School childrenFrom
“A Celebration of Diversity: Immigration and
Citizenship,” [a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
School of Library and Information Science
teaching tool for grade school]Objectives

Understand the basic concept behind diversity

Explore and compare the differences and similarities
of classroom members
Identify the ethnic backgrounds of people in the
class and further explore these backgrounds

Understand that the United States of America is now
mostly made up of people from other places called
immigrants…
Multicultural Thanksgiving Dinner- Review what diversity means.
- Read the story of the first Thanksgiving celebrated by
the Pilgrims and the Native Americans in Plymouth.
There are several stories about Thanksgiving available
in the school or public libraries. One you might try
is The First Thanksgiving by Linda Hayward,
The Story of the First Thanksgiving by Elaine
Raphael and Don Bolognese, The Thanksgiving Story by
Alice Dalgliesh, or a more modern version which
includes the concept of immigration, How Many Days
to America by Eve Bunting.
-
Thank God? Isn`t that illegal?
“So enjoy Thanksgiving while you can, folks; it could
be struck down as unconstitutional by the courts any day
now. Just last week, President George W. Bush issued a
Thanksgiving proclamation asking God `to continue to
guide and watch over our country.` That kind of talk has
got to make somebody mad. [Pray
that Thanksgiving won`t become a legal battle By
Andrea Neal, Indianapolis Star November 26, 2003]
And there`s one new protest group
that`s being heard at Thanksgiving.
When Mason Cooley
said, years ago, that “Radical historians now
tell the story of Thanksgiving from the point of view of
the turkey,” he was joking.
Today we
read that it`s true:
“Michelle Easton of the
Clare Booth Luce Institute related a personal story
of her success with school choice after she pulled her
6th grade son out of public school when he was required
to write a Thanksgiving essay from the point of view of
a turkey.”
Ah, well. I suppose some animals,
like some religions, and some countries, are
more equal than others.
A Happy Thanksgiving From VDARE.COM.


