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Subject:	Re: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
From:	Jane Steele <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Jane Steele <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 21 May 2007 15:57:40 -0400
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To what hyphenated labels are you referring to?  And if we can celebrate St. Patrick's Day can we as well celebrate holidays that all immigrants to this country hold dear or should we just go with the traditional ones and leave minorities out?  Please explain yourself.  After all St. Patrick was a slave for a while during his lifetime just as Richard Popular was.  Jane Steele.

-----Original Message-----
>From: J S Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: May 21, 2007 12:04 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
>
>I agree with your general concern about the political correctness that is
>infecting too many sectors of our society.  There is no reason why Cinco de
>Mayo (which has nothing to do with America)  or Kwanzaa (a total fraud
>invented by a murderer) should be taught in schools.
>
>I would respectfully disagree about Harriett Tubman.  The point is to teach
>history in all its complexities,  not package things for certain audiences.
>Black history needs to be integrated into American history- which it IS- and
>not taught as something in a vaccuum.
>
>A good example is the way Petersburg celebrates the many sacrifices and
>contributions of Richard Poplar, a black gentleman who was recognized and
>lauded as a Confederate soldier and hero.  This may upset some individuals'
>idea of what "should be" but the complexities and ironies in history are
>often the most exciting discoveries.
>
>I agree with the comments of Ms Steele but those hypenated labels need to
>go.
>
>Jay
>
>
>On 5/20/07, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> You PC historians reap what you sow.  You spend time  teaching this PC
>> history that "celebrates" such nonsense in American  History such as
>> Harriet Tubman,
>> Cinco De Mayo and Kwanzaa, and then are upset  when Americans can't recite
>> the reasons behind the Fourth of July or Declaration  of Independence.
>>
>> How about that human "global warming".
>>
>> J South
>>
>>
>>
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>>


Lillian Jane Steele

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