HOS Dressed as Pharaoh for Super Hero Promo video during the month of Passover... wtf?!

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Anonymous wrote:We have a bunch of yentas on here. Oy vey!

Is there a reason you keep posting this in different ways?

Yes so you’ll stop clenching the stick up your butt

I’m the one who asked you the question but I’m sure I am not the one you are trying to “unclench.” Haven’t posted a thing related to the pharaoh’s relation to the Jewish faith or history. Sorry to disappoint.

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19 pages. Wow.

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So Catholics were persecuted by many and then in turn persecuted others. English persecuted Scots and Irish, Indians. Can one celebrate their German ancestry at any point anymore? At some point we have move along...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So Catholics were persecuted by many and then in turn persecuted others. English persecuted Scots and Irish, Indians. Can one celebrate their German ancestry at any point anymore? At some point we have move along...

Celebrating your heritage doesn’t mean celebrating every bad moment in that history.

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Anonymous wrote:19 pages. Wow.

It’s a lot but could have been cut in half if the school owned it.

“Hey, this wasn’t our intent, but intent doesn’t really matter what our intent was if we did things without thinking first that we were being insensitive to some people. We teach our kids accountability so we hold ourselves to the same standard. We made some mistakes and we’re sorry.”

[Anonymous]

You can probably celebrate ancestry but still acknowledge the ugly aspects of the past. TBH by today’s standards, I’m not sure any ethnic group or race would get a pass. Brutality and barbaric practices abounded. It’s not terribly surprising the English persecuted or enslaved others as they certainly didn’t treat their own terribly well: in the 18th century, under the Bloody Code, women were burnt at the stake for counterfeiting and children were hanged for arson and property crimes. It was a pretty brutal and corrupt society.

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Celebrating your heritage doesn’t mean celebrating every bad moment in that history.

Exactly. But it doesn’t seem that way.

[Anonymous]

If Germans want to celebrate their ancestry, do it with beer and leiderhosen, not swaztikas.

See the difference?

[Anonymous]

Not only is the costume insensitive but can we agree it’s cultural appropriation as well?

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Anonymous wrote:Not only is the costume insensitive but can we agree it’s cultural appropriation as well?

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can probably celebrate ancestry but still acknowledge the ugly aspects of the past. TBH by today’s standards, I’m not sure any ethnic group or race would get a pass. Brutality and barbaric practices abounded. It’s not terribly surprising the English persecuted or enslaved others as they certainly didn’t treat their own terribly well: in the 18th century, under the Bloody Code, women were burnt at the stake for counterfeiting and children were hanged for arson and property crimes. It was a pretty brutal and corrupt society.

You should probably wear your celebratory garb, but add a placard or pin with your printed disclaimer/apology for "the bad parts"?

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Can I ask why Congressional WOULDN'T put out a simple social media update or apology on this? That shouldn't take a week, I don't think.

What's the point of the internal letter but no external acknowledgement? It seemed like most of the issue was external anyway, right? Or was there an internal mistake made too?

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Anonymous wrote:Can we just get collective agreement here that “Pharaoh” is not the name of one guy who persecuted Jews? It’s literally a title, like King or Czar. There were hundreds of them. It is beyond a stretch to say that dressing up as an Egyptian monarch is the same as a Nazi.

I think that it is a bit disagreeable to tell an AA male that they can't find their super-hero in ancient Egyptian rulers. While the pharaohs weren't exactly black Africans, and no doubt enslaved quite a few, Egypt is technically on the continent of Africa. Who am I to question your hero, especially one that is pretty much a pop figure in today's world. I am guessing he was just "a pharaoh", no name tag with Ramses, Tut etc.

A pharaoh is not a superhero.

I think you could make an argument that god like or super human powers were often ascribed to them in their societies, certainly to fictional pharaohs.

Why not dress as Mansa Musa, richest man who ever lived? Or Sundiata, the real “Lion King” whose magical powers rival those of Marvel’s Doctor Strange? Or any of the freedom fighters who liberated colonial Africa from European imperialists.

[Anonymous]

He could have been Rama Tut, who is Kang the Conquerer's ancient Egyptian persona. Or he could have been Khonshu, the god that empowered Moon Knight.

[Anonymous]

I bored of this thread by page 4. It screams of defending those who are complicit. Get a backbone folks, it isn’t appropriate to dress as pharaoh while participating in a school auction/gala during the spring - plain and simple. The action shows lack of sensitivity, insight, and strategic thinking. It would be a deal breaker for me if considering the school...