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    DC Public Schools Chancellor Asked Parents to ‘Decolonize’ Thanksgiving.....

    Joining this year's growing chorus of woke warnings about what and how Americans are allowed to celebrate the holidays, the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) chancellor advised families they should "decolonize" the Thanksgiving holiday.


    In a message titled "Sharing My Gratitude" posted to the DCPS website this week, Chancellor Lewis Ferebee outlined the steps parents ought to take to ensure a sensitive and woke Thanksgiving weekend.


    In addition to pushing vaccination against the Wuhan coronavirus and encouraging "limiting our travel" to "keep our community safe," Ferebee then turns to "recognizing the history of the holiday." And no, he's not talking about it in a positive light.


    "Thanksgiving is a day that can be difficult for many to celebrate as we reflect on the history of the holiday and the horrors inflicted on our indigenous populations," Ferebee writes. But don't fret, DC parents, you don't have to navigate the apparently horrific holiday on your own. It turns out the DCPS "Equity team" put together some resources for families to use to "consider decolonizing your Thanksgiving." Sounds... not fun.


    The first tip from Chancellor Ferebee is for those hosting a Thanksgiving meal or gathering: "consider doing a land acknowledgment," he suggests with a link to a guide on how to do such a ceremony. The guide includes commentary from woke university faculty who claim "colonialism is a current ongoing process" and so "we need to build our mindfulness of our present participation" in such alleged colonialism. Parents should "use terms like genocide, ethnic cleansing, stolen land, and forced removal" when making a land acknowledgment with their children. Confusingly, the guide then adds that talking about genocide and ethnic cleansing "shouldn't be grim" but "we need to share in Indigenous peoples' discomfort."


    Ferebee also shared two articles with more commentary on Thanksgiving's apparent evil and how parents can decolonize with their kids. One alleges the Thanksgiving celebrations most Americans remember from their childhood "internalizes oppression." Another refers to Thanksgiving as a day of "mourning."


    Chancellor Ferebee is hardly alone in his attempt to make Thanksgiving into a woke self-flagellation exercise and have parents continue the leftist indoctrination their kids are already subject to in school and from the mainstream media. "Instead of bringing stuffing and biscuits, those settlers brought genocide and violence," claimed MSNBC guest Gyasi Ross this week. "That genocide and violence is still on the menu," he added.


    And as for the "violence" that's "still on the menu," perhaps MSNBC and the rest of the wokesters should be looking at the spiking — and, in case it needs to be said, non-colonial — violence in American cities and who's to blame for the disastrous policies that give rise to increases in brazen thefts and violent crimes.....snip~


    DC Public Schools Chancellor Asked Parents to ‘Decolonize’ Thanksgiving (townhall.com)


    Leave it to the left to try and $#@! up another holiday!
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    Just another left wing attack on our national holidays. Next expect the attacks to start on observing Christmas. Perhaps we shouldn't celebrate the New Year, since we are living in the present "woke" administration. May as well do away with Valentines Day, since it goes towards love and friendship for others. That couldn't be possible, since the Dems have and are working so hard to pit one group against the other. Heck kids might get a Valentine's card from someone of the wrong skin color or faith, financial position, or family political affiliation. Forget Mother's or Father's day since they can't be expected to take care of their own children...state has to do it. 4th of July...just forget that, since we are such a bad nation and should never have been created. Our history is terrible and we all should be ashamed for whatever, whoever from our past...

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    But, democrats aren't trying to eliminate Thanksgiving.
    "LET'S GO BRANDON!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by MMC View Post
    Joining this year's growing chorus of woke warnings about what and how Americans are allowed to celebrate the holidays, the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) chancellor advised families they should "decolonize" the Thanksgiving holiday.


    In a message titled "Sharing My Gratitude" posted to the DCPS website this week, Chancellor Lewis Ferebee outlined the steps parents ought to take to ensure a sensitive and woke Thanksgiving weekend.


    In addition to pushing vaccination against the Wuhan coronavirus and encouraging "limiting our travel" to "keep our community safe," Ferebee then turns to "recognizing the history of the holiday." And no, he's not talking about it in a positive light.


    "Thanksgiving is a day that can be difficult for many to celebrate as we reflect on the history of the holiday and the horrors inflicted on our indigenous populations," Ferebee writes. But don't fret, DC parents, you don't have to navigate the apparently horrific holiday on your own. It turns out the DCPS "Equity team" put together some resources for families to use to "consider decolonizing your Thanksgiving." Sounds... not fun.


    The first tip from Chancellor Ferebee is for those hosting a Thanksgiving meal or gathering: "consider doing a land acknowledgment," he suggests with a link to a guide on how to do such a ceremony. The guide includes commentary from woke university faculty who claim "colonialism is a current ongoing process" and so "we need to build our mindfulness of our present participation" in such alleged colonialism. Parents should "use terms like genocide, ethnic cleansing, stolen land, and forced removal" when making a land acknowledgment with their children. Confusingly, the guide then adds that talking about genocide and ethnic cleansing "shouldn't be grim" but "we need to share in Indigenous peoples' discomfort."


    Ferebee also shared two articles with more commentary on Thanksgiving's apparent evil and how parents can decolonize with their kids. One alleges the Thanksgiving celebrations most Americans remember from their childhood "internalizes oppression." Another refers to Thanksgiving as a day of "mourning."


    Chancellor Ferebee is hardly alone in his attempt to make Thanksgiving into a woke self-flagellation exercise and have parents continue the leftist indoctrination their kids are already subject to in school and from the mainstream media. "Instead of bringing stuffing and biscuits, those settlers brought genocide and violence," claimed MSNBC guest Gyasi Ross this week. "That genocide and violence is still on the menu," he added.


    And as for the "violence" that's "still on the menu," perhaps MSNBC and the rest of the wokesters should be looking at the spiking — and, in case it needs to be said, non-colonial — violence in American cities and who's to blame for the disastrous policies that give rise to increases in brazen thefts and violent crimes.....snip~


    DC Public Schools Chancellor Asked Parents to ‘Decolonize’ Thanksgiving (townhall.com)


    Leave it to the left to try and $#@! up another holiday!

    If the violence between peoples hundreds of years ago makes it difficult for you taday well why not the same for the violence between groups thousands of years ago? The first mass migration featured tribes out of Africa killing Europeons. Only 30 or 40 thousand years ago. Africians were the aggressors. They had superior tech and used it to destroy or absorb the indigenous Neanderthal. Murder? No doubt. Rape? Of course. Destruction of the indigenous society? Obviously
    So look who really started this $#@!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    If the violence between peoples hundreds of years ago makes it difficult for you taday well why not the same for the violence between groups thousands of years ago? The first mass migration featured tribes out of Africa killing Europeons. Only 30 or 40 thousand years ago. Africians were the aggressors. They had superior tech and used it to destroy or absorb the indigenous Neanderthal. Murder? No doubt. Rape? Of course. Destruction of the indigenous society? Obviously
    So look who really started this $#@!!

    If violence between peoples hundreds of years ago, makes it difficult for you today?

    There's something terribly wrong with you.
    "LET'S GO BRANDON!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    If the violence between peoples hundreds of years ago makes it difficult for you taday well why not the same for the violence between groups thousands of years ago? The first mass migration featured tribes out of Africa killing Europeons. Only 30 or 40 thousand years ago. Africians were the aggressors. They had superior tech and used it to destroy or absorb the indigenous Neanderthal. Murder? No doubt. Rape? Of course. Destruction of the indigenous society? Obviously
    So look who really started this $#@!!

    Give them time.....they will eventually make that into one of their tissue issues too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Abby08 View Post
    But, democrats aren't trying to eliminate Thanksgiving.
    Give them time. They will change it to a Day of Mourning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by slackercruster View Post
    Give them time. They will change it to a Day of Mourning.
    They keep using the word Genocide for Thanksgiving. Clearly they can't comprehend what the day was about.



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