Do Native Americans Celebrate Thanksgiving Day?

@josie_ (9763)
Philippines
November 23, 2017 6:46am CST
For most Americans, Thanksgiving day is a day of celebration and feasting. As a Filipino whose country, the Philippines was also colonize by the US and who grew up on Hollywood John Wayne western where the "Indians" were depicted as the bad guys, this distortion of history should be given some moments of reflection. Historical data on the number of native Americans wiped out after the arrival of early Europeans are estimated to be as high as 90% of the population during the period of colonization. Even today native Americans still experience socio-economic disparities and discrimination. That's gratitude for helping those "Mayflower" pilgrims weather out the early days of survival in the wilds. As the Lone Ranger's sidekick Tonto might say, "Happy Thanksgiving kemosabe" Photo image: Wikimedia Commons
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topffer
@topffer (42156)
• France
23 Nov 17
You want to spoil the party?
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josefina
@josie_ (9763)
• Philippines
23 Nov 17
If it spoils the appetite of the party goers and save the life of one Turkey....sure.
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topffer
@topffer (42156)
• France
23 Nov 17
@josie_ Not a long suspended sentence, it will be eaten for Christmas.
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josefina
@josie_ (9763)
• Philippines
23 Nov 17
@topffer _Maybe in the spirit of the holidays it will receive a presidential pardon from Trump. BTW, is Turkey included in French cuisine?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (458230)
• Switzerland
23 Nov 17
I think to the Native Americans every time I read about Thanksgiving. Those poor people surely have nothing to be thankful for. If they would have sunken the Mayflower they would still enjoy their lands. Now a question, what should Europeans do with all those immigrants from Africa?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (458230)
• Switzerland
24 Nov 17
@josie_ In Italy Italian kids are already a minority in school. In some cities there are only 2 Italian kids on a class of 28 immigrants. It's not working well at all.
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josefina
@josie_ (9763)
• Philippines
23 Nov 17
@LadyDuck _ I think history will repeat itself. After the immigrants birth rate overtake the Europeans and they become more populous they will be a major faction and win in elections. Political power will eventually be held by future descendants of these immigrants. Let us hope European's policies of integration and assimilation of Muslim immigrants works. Else your future generations might find themselves the minority under the crescent flag of Islam.
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josefina
@josie_ (9763)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
@LadyDuck _I find it hard to believe. Perhaps you mean there are more immigrant children in the public educational system while most Italian parents prefer to enroll their kids in private schools?
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LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
Well, no thanks giving here it's just another day for all of us.
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josefina
@josie_ (9763)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
But still much to be thankful especially where our family is concern.
M.-L.
@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
23 Nov 17
That's an interesting question. I watched the video. I wonder how many white Americans know the origin of the day.
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josefina
@josie_ (9763)
• Philippines
23 Nov 17
Like many historical inaccuracies which we were told during our young school days, this Thanksgiving myth should be corrected.
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@acelawrites
@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
25 Nov 17
It raises curiosity on what took place in the past.
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josefina
@josie_ (9763)
• Philippines
25 Nov 17
There are material information available in the internet about the atrocities European settlers in the new world inflicted on native Americans.
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Rhonda S.
@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
24 Nov 17
I agree that we should definitely acknowledge what happened to the Native Americans. I find it so sad, I can hardly think about it.
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josefina
@josie_ (9763)
• Philippines
24 Nov 17
History is said to be written through the perspective of the victorious, never on the side of the losers and victims.
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Rhonda S.
@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
24 Nov 17
@josie_ This is so true. They have all the power and the money to do what they want.
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Thelma
@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
23 Nov 17
If the native Americans could have seen their future, they would have sink the Mayflower pilgrims. That was their fate. I wonder if they were thankful after that.
josefina
@josie_ (9763)
• Philippines
23 Nov 17
@thelme55 _The role of the Christian religion played a major part in the fate of native Americans. Just like in the Philippines when the Spaniards came to these island. In one hand they held the Bible and in the other hand the sword.
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