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jay5627 t1_it7jj8f wrote

Reply to comment by elizabeth-cooper in Mayor Adams says NYC schools to add Diwali holiday to calendar by elizabeth-cooper

I never called anyone a racist but I appreciate you putting words in my mouth.

> “It is long overdue to say to our Hindu, Sikh, Jain and Buddhist students and communities that we see you, we acknowledge you,”

This is a good thing. They should acknowledge/celebrate other holidays as well. So, the opposite of racist?

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elizabeth-cooper OP t1_it7jxjv wrote

I'm pretty sure Russian and Irish are not races, so perhaps I was being sarcastic to indicate that there are a number of groups that don't have a specific holiday off and if they gave off for every holiday that existed, there would be no school ever.

They're not even adding Diwali to the calendar, they're swapping it out for an existing holiday.

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