I think it's very important do remember that a HUGE part of celebrating your own culture, is sharing that culture. I love cultural festivals - I am not a part of many of those cultures or races, but I enjoy being exposed to it and am thankful to people who participate in those sorts of festivities for taking the time to share their culture with me.
~Simon Simon Horwith Macromedia Certified Instructor Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer Fig Leaf Software 1400 16th St NW, # 500 Washington DC 20036 202.797.6570 (direct line) www.figleaf.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 12:46 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Super Duper Controversial post....heheh I think "the more the merrier" in terms of celebrating good things in a culture, especially when it involves FOOD and drink <grin>. Look at Epcot at Walt Disney World - pavillion after pavillion celebrating cultural pride. If this is not wrong, what's wrong with private groups doing it? After all, there are Oktoberfest celebrations of German culture with sausages and beer, St. Patrick's Day where almost everyone wears green and enjoys corned beef, cabbage, and beer, etc. In our area, there are annual Greek Festivals with dancing, costumes, food and drink. There's a Japanese cultural festival with food, drink, bonsai, martial arts, music, etc. How is pride in your heritage "racism"?? It may sound silly, but I equate the cultural festivals with the crop festivals - out here we have the Gilroy Garlic Festival, Castroville Artichoke Festival, Vacaville Onion Festival, Stockton Artichoke Festival... each enjoying a particular food. -Ben > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Russel Madere, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 7:50 AM > Subject: RE: Super Duper Controversial post....heheh > > > > I actually would like to have a parade celebrating my French/German > > heritage. Just because most of us who share the heritage are white, we > > would be considered racist by celebrating that heritage in public. > > Well then the Irish American Festival in Philly would be taboo, then > wouldnt' it. > Of course you could have a German/French parade, folks have festivals and > parades to celebrate their ethnicity all the time. > > > > > This heritage is a rich one that involved the exploration and settlement > of > > nearly a third of this continent. It was also one of inclusion. > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
