[snopercod]

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

[snopercod]

fyi

[TxBec]

ping

[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!

[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.

[Orual]

"The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has several objects belonging to Chávez on display, including his jacket with a "No Grapes" button attached."

[StockAyatollah]

So they're trading a fascist holiday for a commie holiday?

[Eternal_Bear]

Can Pancho Villa Day be far behind?

[oc-flyfish]

You mean Mr. No Grapes is more important than Lincoln? How is this possible in California...

[Twodees]

Ahaha, watch the Lincoln worshippers screech when they get a dose of their own revisionist medicine. So, the Californicators are replacing Massa Abe with a communist wetback. Let'em whine and cry now. We've been telling them for years that siding with the commies against the Confederates would lead them to this. It's ridiculous to honor Lincoln anyway. That it's more ridiculous to honor Chavez is a moot point.

[CounterCounterCulture]

This ought to piss off the African-American community...whether or not it will remains to be seen.

Anyway, union goons already have their own holiday with Labor Day. And Latinos already have Cinco de Mayo, celebrated in enough communities in California, virtually a state holiday in its own right. And any holiday that celebrates a victory over the French is A-OK in my book. :)

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

I think that was Oakland.

[Bonaparte]

"We can celebrate his memory when we have Presidents' Day," Morse said..."

Why not just celebrate Chavez' memory when we have Labor Day and leave Lincoln alone?

[Bonaparte]

LOL! Just realized that Cesar Chavez already has a state holiday of his own (a paid one) -- March 31 -- signed into law by none other than Grey Davis two years ago. So I'm wondering why these idiots in San Leandro want a second one for him.

[Bonaparte]

Cesar Chavez Day (March 31) signed into law by Gray Davis on August 18, 2000.

Again, why eliminate Lincoln's birthday and replace it with a second Cesar Chavez day?

[R. Scott]

What many have feared - the Latinos are gaining power in the minority community.