As students (and teachers) across America celebrate Presidents' Day, I often wonder what are we celebrating...
A day off from school?
Presidents' Day Shopping and Sales?
The accomplishments, democratic aspirations, high principles, and prophetic vision of our 44 presidents?
The comfortable myths of American History?
Sadly and realistically, I have come to think of Presidents' Day as "Plutocrats' Day"...a day that reminds me of slavery, Native American genocide, institutional racism/ sexism/ classism, imperialistic colonization, unjust wars, political corruption and graft, exploitation of workers, etc.
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Therefore, I will symbolically remember today for those who suffer, for those who truly built this country, for those who have been silenced and oppressed, for those who have fought for freedom, truth, justice, equality, etc.
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