So the question is whether we should stop celebrating this holiday or continue it because it does bring families together. Thanksgiving has become more about materialistic things as the years go on. Black Friday has taken over and it’s not even about Family anymore. Next time you celebrate think about what your celebrating for. You […]
Schools teach kids the good side of thanksgiving. The animals, the big dinner, and the idea of coming together. This gives children the wrong impression of what this holiday is really about. Though it might be harsh to teach kids the real truth of what this holiday consisted of, it might benefit them in the […]
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After going over what thanks giving is and what it means you can understand what my stance is on the holiday. But when you really think about it, if we didn’t have this massacre and all this genocide we wouldn’t be able to be together as a family and as a nation. So was it […]
The American culture and this nation controls us with power. Let it be through convincing, money, or promises, we all listen. No matter what democratic party your from, or even if you’re apart of one, you are being controlled by this nation in some way. It’s the way that we live and how we go […]
Interviewee: kendra Interviewer: Publisher : Maddy (Me) What does thanksgiving mean to you? “A time to have a meal and arguments with my family”– Kendra What is thanksgiving? “A day to eat too much food with the family.” – Kendra How do you see power within our culture? “It’s very unbalanced and discriminatory. […]
Interviewee : Emma Interviewer : Publisher – Maddy (Me) Do you allow me to post any information from this interview? – Maddy “Yes.” – Emma What does thanksgiving mean to you? -Maddy “Spending time with people that I don’t normally get to see and being grateful for what you have” – Emma […]
When I went out black Friday shopping I felt as if I was In a massacre or in the wild like an animal. People fighting over materialistic things. This that weren’t rightfully theirs, and if they didn’t get it they fought for it. This experience reminded me of thanksgiving. The violence and selfishness hasn’t stopped. […]
Learning about thanksgiving is much different than how it actually happened. What thanksgiving really is about is a colonial holiday about war and military victory and genocide. Power that we “Americans” had over a “found” land that was already found. People came from England to come together but in doing so they hurt people and […]
Thanksgiving is an example of coming together as families and strangers in order to celebrate our victory of a new home and found land. The blessings of a new harvest and hope for the proceeding years brought joy and pride. But is this what it’s actually about? Did we actually come together as one or […]
