No St Patrick’s Day Celebrations

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why is st Patrick’s day a white holiday? I see black people drinking beer and wearing green. Are POCs also not allowed to celebrate Halloween (also from Ireland) or Valentine’s Day too??

What Trump is doing is wrong, but two wrongs don’t make a right.

OP didn't say that black people can't celebrate St. Patrick's Day. They said that if we can't have celebrations, or educational programming that celebrates or teaches about demographic groups, then St. Patrick's Day celebrations should be included in that. It's logical. It's also a good way to emphasize that this idea that, for example, boys in school can learn about and celebrate the success of the Women's suffrage movement, and white children can learn about and look up to Rosa Parks, just like POC can wear green.

Sorry but POC wearing green is not the same as white children learning about Rosa parks. False equivalency. Try again with your logic.

That’s not culture that’s Black history. Who said they couldn’t learn about Rosa Parks?

And I’ve never seen a celebration of St Patrick’s Day in any school. It’s not White culture it’s Irish specifically. Plus with immigration changes Ireland has new citizens coming from Asian and African countries.

There are plenty of reports of DoD schools and schools in red states removing any texts or other teaching materials that reference Black History.

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Democracies don’t eliminate their ugly history. Germany doesn’t hide WW2 and Hitler. Only dictators allow that type of thing. What a disgrace.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you kidding me? No, you cannot eliminate one cultural celebration and allow another. The wrong here is that black kids are being told they cannot celebrate their culture while they watch white kids do it. That is outrageous. Everyone must be treated equally. You cannot hurt kids like that.

This is like a parody of the last 15-20 years in public education.

[Anonymous]

What public school actually celebrates St Patrick’s Day? I’ve never seen it.

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I don't think my kids' public schools have ever celebrated St Patrick's Day, OP.

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Anonymous wrote:Even if you cancel st Patrick’s day, people will still wear green.

This is not about cancelling St Patrick’s Day. It is about making sure that cultureal content within the school is treated equally. If no nuts are allowed, that includes cashews.

Just because someone is white, it doesn’t mean they’re Irish or have any Irish blood.

And don’t forget that 100 years ago Irish weren’t even seen as white (same as Italians) They were the servants.

And St. Patrick was a slave.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Even if you cancel st Patrick’s day, people will still wear green.

This is not about cancelling St Patrick’s Day. It is about making sure that cultureal content within the school is treated equally. If no nuts are allowed, that includes cashews.

Just because someone is white, it doesn’t mean they’re Irish or have any Irish blood.

And don’t forget that 100 years ago Irish weren’t even seen as white (same as Italians) They were the servants.

And St. Patrick was a slave.

Right!! That’s the irony of the whole thing. St Patrick was a slave and ran away.

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You are completely missing the point.

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I suspected this conversation would devolve to this. People try to diminish what they do not understand.

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The point is, if you (whoever you are) feel that culture is being celebrated in schools, you are now allowed to request that it be removed. Culture is a form of who you are and what you celebrate. If it’s not cultural - like let’s wear green because it is fun. Then, that is fine. The problem is when it is tied to someone’s personal identity. Then, according to the administration, it is not allowed on schools.