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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even if you cancel st Patrick’s day, people will still wear green. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

I am unclear what are arguing.  We should make sure to celebrate Irish people because a long time ago they were servants and they overcome that, but it's fine to cancel Black History Month?    Because overcoming being treated like servants is really hard, but overcoming being enslaved is NBD?

Irish people are white. In modern American society people of Irish descent are treated as white.  If we aren't having cultural celebrations, or acknowledging the history of some groups who overcame diversity, then we need to apply that to groups that are white.  That isn't to say that Irish people and immigrants from Ireland haven't faced significant struggles.

I'll add that our family is more than 50% Irish heritage.  We even have multiple family members named Patrick!  I love St. Patrick's day.  I also love Black History month.  I think we should acknowledge all kinds of groups in our schools.  But if we aren't going to do that, I think that continuing to acknowledge the white ones while canceling the others is the very worst of the options.  
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