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.
And Latinos already have Cinco de Mayo... I wish Mexicans would simply starting calling themselves Mexicans and leave the rest of us out of this.
For us of Cuban origin, Cinco de Mayo is simply the day that comes after Cuatro de Mayo and before Seis de Mayo.
We Cubans have never pushed for a day off to honor ourselves. Days off merely reduce productivity and adversely affect profit margins.
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. :)
If only the Latinos knew what they were celebrating...
The news was on the night of the 5th and the reporter was touring all these Cinco de Mayo celebratory events, asking folks what they were commemorating. After asking at least a dozen people in various locales, an older man, correcting the ignorance of his children, finally came up with "It's to celebrate a battle Mexico won".
Until then, all the answers had been, "It's Mexico's Independence Day" or "It's the cinco of Mayo".
(((sigh!)))
From the article:
Board member Louis Heystek said he came up with the idea after looking at the district's demographics. To the issue of rewriting history, he said, "I would hope that our view of history does not remain stagnant."
Can I get a projectile-vomit-alert for a line like that, please?