mornelithe said:
No, a State can rename the holiday for the State. Note that the rest of the country still consider's it Columbus Day. And yeah, maybe if we rename everything, we'll all forget about history and repeat it! Great idea! You should move to Texas. (Context: A textbook in a Texas school district attempted to assign the term 'Migrant Workers' to define Slave Labor) |
As apposed to keeping the name but pretending it's all great? Better to rewrite history, how does that prevent repetition? What kids learn in school today about thanksgiving and Columbus is exactly the same as renaming slave labor to migrant workers. Maybe it's just a part of growing up, getting used to being lied to about everything starting with the Tooth fairy and Santa Claus :)
