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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

A Different Thanksgiving Perspective


While I know most of us in the African American community "Get2Gether" on Thanksgiving with our families out of the tradition of gathering. We must never forget our Native & Indigenous Family (whom many of us claim we have mixed in us) imprint on this European holiday; it should never be diminished because of the fallacies in historical interpretation. One must never forgo truth for comfort; The truth should always make you uncomfortable if your guilty. As Susan Sarandon said "Speak Your Truth, Even If Your Voice Shakes."

For More Read:

Thanksgiving: A Day of Celebration or Mourning for Native Americans?
http://racerelations.about.com/od/historyofracerelations/a/ShouldYouCelebrateThanksgiving.htm




No Thanks to Thanksgiving
http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/National_News_2/article_9371.shtml?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=twitterfeed

Uncovering The Myth of Thanksgiving
www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/Perspectives_1/article_6595.shtml

No Thanks To Thanksgiving
http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/National_News_2/article_8344.shtml

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