Washington D.C.’s public school district sent an email out to families reminding them that Thanksgiving can be “difficult for many” and provided tips to “decolonize your holiday.”
District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee sent an email Nov. 18 ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday to remind families that it “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” and provided resources from its “Equity team” to “decolonize” the day.
The email recommends a land acknowledgement if you are hosting a Thanksgiving meal, which involves putting “in the time necessary to research” the “Indigenous people to whom the land belongs” and “The history of the land and any related treaties.”
The land acknowledgement guide recommends “appropriate language” such as “genocide, ethnic cleansing, stolen land, and forced removal to reflect actions taken by colonizers” to not “sugarcoat the past.”
Hahaha….the DC schools are some of the worst and they put out silly mess like this.
What a wacko this nut job is. Why or who can be having difficulty with giving thanks. I don’t know or or every hear of anyone living from the time he refers to. This nut job should be thankful he is living in the D.C. area, as I’m thankful he is not living in the land of pleasant living. Im also thankful a body of water separates us. This clown has no business teaching in a public school without being qualified. He has so much to be thankful about, but is not happy until others are not happy.
To whom did the land belong before those called indigenous?
BLM also says we are on “stolen land.” While they are busy emptying out every high end department store in the land. I guess they are doing that so they can return a small portion to the “indigenous” people, right?