School may drop Lincoln holiday in favor of Cesar Chavaz birthday [California]

Oakland Tribune ^ | May 6, 2000 | Jason Bono

[snopercod]

Isn't this the same school district that was pushing ebonics?

[snopercod]

fyi

[Catholicguy]

I'm waiting for the American Le Pen

[TxBec]

ping

[Rays_Dad]

We already have one - Patrick J. Buchannan. Read his book the Death of the West, it will shed a new light on all this diversity/multiculture stuff. Chip

[happygrl]

Identity politics.

It's not what you learn in school that matters; it's how you feel about who you are.

[billorites]

The San Leandro Teachers Association

Repeat after me:

"Do you want fries with that?"

[Tom Bombadil]

The East bay is a crazy place. 'Left there 34 years ago and never went back.

[jimtorr]

"The diversity of our community is growing, and it looks beautiful and we want to honor our Latino families," said Thomas Morse, political action chairman for the union.

Diversity? I guess diversity has come to mean that schools have to get rid of all memory of dead white guys.

Sure, it's entirely reasonable to replace the president who saved the Union with a labor activist, right? Especially one who's only real claim to fame was his racial identity. If he were just another anglo, nobody would remember his name.

[gr8eman]

Anybody got intel on this Chavez guy? Was he the typical commie/lib, or a real person?

[gunnedah]

America is Big on Diversity.How now brown cow,same way black bull!

[Sam Cree]

"Diversity? I guess diversity has come to mean that schools have to get rid of all memory of dead white guys. "

You're right, I think. It seems that when the word "diversity" is used by the Left, it means they want to coerce everyone into being exactly the same.

[glockmeister40]

How diverse would this school district be if you deported all the illegal aliens living there?

[Sam Cree]

"I would hope that our view of history does not remain stagnant."

That's right, events in the past are ever changing. While we're at it, why don't we honor some more marxists. We can have a holiday for Lenin and Trotsky.

[BillyBoy]

>> This should make the Neoconfederates on this board happy. <<

They won't be happy until Lincoln's face on Mt. Rushmore is bulldozed and replaced with a racist southern DemocRAT who shares their values. (Maybe Woodrow Wilson?) But seeing how they'll all big fans of secession-on-demand, any step towards "Arzlan" will have their support.

[BillyBoy]

>> We already have one - Patrick J. Buchanan. <<

Given Patrick Buchanan's opinion of Lincoln, this school board is simply doing what he wants.