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As families across the U.S. gather on Thanksgiving to celebrate one of the nation's most cherished national holidays, some educators and schools are lamenting the day, pushing back on its "colonial" roots, and incorporating diversity, equality and inclusion DEI into the holiday.
At the University of California, Davis, the California History-Social Science Project, which describes itself as "Resources & professional learning for K-12 history-social science," hosted a Zoom event called "Decolonizing Thanksgiving in the Classroom."
"We will discuss reframing classroom practices and rituals about Thanksgiving," the event description explained. "Centering perspectives from Turtle Island (a name for North America used by some indigenous people) will help us decolonize Thanksgiving and spark new conversations about how to authentically make meaning of this holiday with our students."
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On Tuesday, Massachusetts Institute of Technology students are invited to the "4th annual Thanksgiving Myth-busting" event that is aimed at "continuing our exploration of the narratives justifying land grabs via colonialism" and includes a viewing of the TV show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
Part of that effort, according to the invitation, includes students traveling in rental cars to the National Indigenous Day of Mourning (NDOM) rally in Plymouth, Massachusetts, at the location of the Mayflower's landing.
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At the University of Massachusetts, the school referred to Thursday as a "Day of Mourning" in an announcement on its Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility website.
"The National Day of Mourning is an annual demonstration, held on the fourth Thursday in November, that aims to educate the public about Native Americans in the United States, notably the Wampanoag and other tribes of the Eastern United States; dispel myths surrounding the Thanksgiving story in the United States; and raise awareness toward historical and ongoing struggles facing Native American tribes," the announcement says.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/universities-school-districts-nationwide-call-decolonizing-thanksgiving-day-mourning
Of course they really don't care about the holiday itself.
For them, attacking it is just one more way to tear down the history and culture of the United States, so it can be replaced by whatever form of socialism and communism they desire.
