"It won't change my opinion about that day and how I feel about it," said the 17-year-old senior. "That day is always a special day for me. It's a day that you feel pride for being Latino. It's a feeling of energy and power."
As a "Latina" American, I don't need a special day to remind me of who I am...Does celebrating Lincoln's birthday make you proud to be an American, or are you proud on the other 364 days of the year as well? I thought the point of the holiday was to honor a great American, not to "empower" us...