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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Go to another country and you won’t be getting ‘your’ holidays off. You’ll get their state holidays. We need to stick to that here. [/quote]

Just like DCUM, keeping it white and privileged.
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Ok. You tell us - in what other country would it be likely for someone who is a minority religion or cultural group to succeed in requiring the overwhelming share of people NOT of their religion / culture to observe a day off work/school. I’m curious.

Almost all federal holidays are not religious. Xmas - which is celebrated by an overwhelming majority of Americans whether they are Christian or non-religious - is the sole exception. School holidays track federal holidays primarily. Personally I am in favor of a 10 day winter break (2 days or so before Xmas to 1/2) but the people with money to travel keep voting for 2 full weeks. As for Easter - most parents do not care if spring break is the week overlapping with Easter or not and even teachers likely mostly care that it is the SAME week as other districts regardless of when that ends up being.

The height of privilege is not observing holidays that the large majority of the country observes. [/quote]

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