Anyone get a vacation day because of Columbus Day?
I do because it's Indigenous Day.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 12, 2020 3:31 PM |
Was it a coincidence that Christopher Columbus discovered America on Indigenous Day?
by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 12, 2020 3:33 PM |
No mail today, but otherwise most everything is open.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 12, 2020 3:34 PM |
Banks are closed, too. Happy Columbus Day! Not sure what one does to celebrate, however. I used to go to Columbus Day sales at the mall.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 12, 2020 3:38 PM |
R2, I believe he actually delayed landing for a few days, just as a slap in the face to the indigenous peoples when he showed up all bossy and European on their biggest holiday. He must've been a bitch!
by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 12, 2020 3:40 PM |
Columbus Day should be cancelled.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | October 12, 2020 3:44 PM |
R5 God that makes me hate Columbus even more now!
by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 12, 2020 3:44 PM |
Ingenious R2
by Anonymous | reply 8 | October 12, 2020 3:46 PM |
Indigenous People's Day
by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 12, 2020 3:46 PM |
The company I work for is headquartered in Rhode Island and they get the day off. Everyone else works.
The rest of us do get a "free" day though that we can use at our choosing. They have to take today off and don't get the free day.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | October 12, 2020 3:49 PM |
Happy Ingenious Columbo Day
by Anonymous | reply 11 | October 12, 2020 3:49 PM |
It's Indigenous People's Day.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | October 12, 2020 3:54 PM |
It's Indigenous People's Day.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | October 12, 2020 3:54 PM |
R12, R1 said that already.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | October 12, 2020 3:55 PM |
R14, it's Indigenous People's Day.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | October 12, 2020 3:55 PM |
Ingenuous Combine Day
by Anonymous | reply 16 | October 12, 2020 3:56 PM |
Today is our Canadian Thanksgiving Day. Love it since it is in early October when the weather is still nice. Happy Thanksgiving to all!!
by Anonymous | reply 17 | October 12, 2020 3:57 PM |
Indignant Peoples Day? Well I guess they've got enough reasons to by angry.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | October 12, 2020 3:57 PM |
Who, R13?
by Anonymous | reply 19 | October 12, 2020 3:58 PM |
Indigenous People, r19.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | October 12, 2020 4:00 PM |
Indigenous People's Day should be celebrated on the day the nomads from Asia crossed the Bering Straight Landbridge and discovered Alaska.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | October 12, 2020 4:00 PM |
Colombian Ingenue Day.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | October 12, 2020 4:03 PM |
Some hipsters are freaking out about Columbus lol.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | October 12, 2020 4:04 PM |
Here is a fantastic video celebrating Native American cuisine/culture from a few years ago. Now, I'm looking for Native American restaurants in New York City...
by Anonymous | reply 25 | October 12, 2020 4:06 PM |
The latest angle: Columbus was Islamaphobic!
God forbid.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | October 12, 2020 4:07 PM |
Indigenoush Peoplesh Day or Columbush Day, whatever you shelebrate, have a blasht!
by Anonymous | reply 27 | October 12, 2020 4:08 PM |
I weep for people who read R26's article and take it seriously.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | October 12, 2020 4:12 PM |
"Columbine Day? Why this is an outrage! Are... Are you Cheddar Cheese?"
by Anonymous | reply 29 | October 12, 2020 4:14 PM |
I work at a university and they cancelled Columbus Day, starting this year.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | October 12, 2020 4:18 PM |
I know white people have been pretty fucking awful, but I laugh a bit at the party line that white people have been the worst, unequivocally. It centers the West; it keeps whites on top and makes the West the standard by which all other peoples and societies are judged. In a sense, it preserves the Western hegemony that they are, ostensibly, fighting against.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | October 12, 2020 4:18 PM |
It's fucking Columbus Day. I've never heard of indigenous day lol...
by Anonymous | reply 32 | October 12, 2020 4:20 PM |
Nope but I’m sick 😷 cough cough
by Anonymous | reply 33 | October 12, 2020 4:21 PM |
R31, I agree. There's a piece in the Times criticizing Ta Nahesi-Coates from the same angle. He's so obsessed with white people that he elevates them to be some kind of standard. Ah here it is.
It's mainly Black Americans who are like this, because they don't know any other anchor.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | October 12, 2020 4:24 PM |
[quote]celebrating Native American cuisine/culture
“Native American” Is just as alien and european a moniker as “Indian.” The tribes didn’t call themselves Native Americans — nor did they call themselves “First Peoples.” All bullshit, selfish, guilt-shifting terms.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | October 12, 2020 4:24 PM |
r34 in my corner of the world (academia) this thinking comes from all "identities." Whites are always the worst, end of story.
On the other hand, it also paints "POC" with a very broad brush. A Japanese colleague was aghast to learn that, in the US, she is considered a "POC." I see this also in terms like "Global South." As if being oppressed/colonized by Europe unites these people -- of vastly differently geographic locations, cultures, religions, and experiences -- in any meaningful way. In most cases, I'd argue the differences between them are almost as great as the differences between them and Europe/"the West". A student from Vietnam once told me that the Vietnamese dislike the Chinese far more than they dislike the French.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | October 12, 2020 4:32 PM |
[quote] A Japanese colleague was aghast to learn that, in the US, she is considered a "POC."
Yeah, it's absurd. Koreans and Chinese feel the same. It's hilarious to some of them.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | October 12, 2020 4:35 PM |
My former company gave very few holidays. I always hated taking half-empty trains on Washington's Birthday, MLK Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, and the day after Thanksgiving, when it seemed like everyone else had the day off.
Now I'm retired and don't give a fuck, except that it's raining and it's Member Monday at the MoMA and now it's going to be annoyingly crowded,
Normally I'm not this insufferable, but I'm watching the confirmation hearings and these Republicans have me furious.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | October 12, 2020 4:37 PM |
The garbage is running, that's all I care about.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | October 12, 2020 5:16 PM |
i was a Federal employee for 37 years and we always got the day off since it's a Federal holiday. But unlike most people, we NEVER got the day after Thanksgiving off (because it's not a Federal holiday.) I'd have preferred being able to trade Columbus Day for the day after Thanksgiving rather than having to use a vacation day to take Black Friday off.
Fun fact: Easter is not a Federal holiday either, but because it's on a Sunday, no one ever thinks about it. But I worked overseas (as a Fed) in a country where the work week was Saturday-Wednesday, and accordingly he had to work on Easter.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | October 12, 2020 6:19 PM |
WE, not HE in that last sentence.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | October 12, 2020 6:21 PM |
[quote]A student from Vietnam once told me that the Vietnamese dislike the Chinese far more than they dislike the French.
All of the various Asian nationalities despise the Chinese.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | October 12, 2020 8:00 PM |
I get $500 bonus for holiday pay so I am happy on all Federal holidays!
by Anonymous | reply 43 | October 12, 2020 8:07 PM |
It's "The White Male Genocide of Indigenous Peoples Day."
by Anonymous | reply 44 | October 12, 2020 8:23 PM |
But Italians and Spanish aren't white!
by Anonymous | reply 45 | October 12, 2020 9:04 PM |
I did as a federal employee.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | October 12, 2020 9:17 PM |