Brewsmith
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For everyone outside the US, what is Boxing Day? I know it's the day after Christmas, Dec. 26, but what is? It was mentioned in a thread here currently, plus I've just always been curious.
Brewsmith said:How can we rig that over here?
Toot said:We need to create a holiday that honors the people who were forced/bound to work for us- African Americans. That would be the corollary for the U.S. We need to get Kwanzaa off or something or a national no-more slavery day where nobody has to work, or something.
It's not exactly the same thing, but it'd be sorta similar.
I love that it's observed in Alaska! What a hotbed state for slavery that was . Not to mention that Alaska probably has the least amount of and percentage of African Americans than any other state.Cheesefood said:
Cheesefood said:Isn't the concept of celebrating African American heritage by not working a bit racist and stereotyping?
Toot said:Honestly, I believe that it all depends on how you look at it. I have a Jamaican friend who insists it's racist to refer to blacks as African Americans because it denigrates her island heritage. Some other dark people from non-African countries probably feel similarly. But I do think the racism card is the reason that a day off on a national slavery rememberance day would never really fly in the United States. It would be very divisive. Some people would rather argue about a 200 year old mistake than spend an extra day with the people they love and care about. And by "some people", I'm not talking about whites or blacks or anybody else in particular. I'm talking about some people.
I had never heard of that! But yeah, that's the kind of thing I was thinking about as being a possible corrolary.
Cheesefood said:So yeah, boxing day. Go boxing day!
I guess they're all over with now. Anyone have plans for Twelfth night??
Cheesefood said:Anyone have plans for Twelfth night??
Toot said:We need to create a holiday that honors the people who were forced/bound to work for us- African Americans. That would be the corollary for the U.S. We need to get Kwanzaa off or something or a national no-more slavery day where nobody has to work, or something.
It's not exactly the same thing, but it'd be sorta similar.
ablrbrau said:Um, no we don't
Then they'd just be there Dec. 27th.david_42 said:That would alleviate the jam-ups in the stores on the 26th.
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