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Y'all know today is my half-Irish self's day, right? Yes, that's right! You can go ahead and kiss me cos I'm Irish! My kids are into it, too. They went to school tricked out in more green than a shamrock. Can I just say how pissed I am that there was no school-wide recognition of Black History Month but they have a whole "Green Dragon Day" for St. Patrick's Day! No Black History Month assembly or anything but the school is tricked out for St. Patrick's Day. Even the City Council President is visiting for it... and not that EVERYBODY can't celebrate and be Irish for a day but I would bet money that my kids are more genetically Irish than 99.9% of the other kids there.
Yeah, lucky Irish me could not get a Shamrock Shake at McDonald's last night because, "Um, our shake machine is broken!" Only in Los Angeles is the shake machine broken before St. Patrick's Day. In Chicago, the river is green and the Shamrock Shakes are flowing. Sigh. I'm homesick.
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That is pretty pathetic that there was no acknowledgment of Black History Month at the school.
My son had a few assemblies around Black History Month, so I am shocked to hear that in a big city there would be nothing.
If there was a marketing angle to be exploited you bet people would celebrate Black History Month!!
Oh my goodness, this is PARTY WEEK for you! Sweet!
I want a Shamrock Shake SO bad that I'm considering phoning other McDonald's just to see if they've got one or not! Pitiful!
April,
Not school wide. My 2nd grader's teacher did a fabulous job teaching about the contributions of other folks and my son loved it, but that was not replicated school-wide.
Jameil,
Shamrock Shakes are these crazy addictive mint-green shakes from McDonald's and they only come out once a year, at St. P's Day! They're SO good! YUM!
Nick,
What in the world! That's crazy and no fun at all! See, that's the sort of thing just spoils it. Set fire to a car??? Jeez!
David,
Well, if you read Nick's comment... it sure is amateur night! Love the Chieftans. Love them.
Nope, no Black History Month assemblies at all. Nothing school wide and last week when I started seeing this Green Dragon Day crap all over the school, it really pissed me off! Of course, to cover her ass, if asked the principal will say that it's NOT St. Patrick's Day celebration, it's Green Dragon Day. Sigh.
The school mascot is a dragon, so it becomes Green Dragon Day. LAME!
That's definitely right! Folks from Africa sure did know how to sail north to the western and southern tips of Eire!
Ok so isn't President Obama part Irish too?
Yes, that's what a PhD gets you in LAUSD!
Obama is part Irish. His mom's family is Irish! :)
my boyfriend is a quarter irish... but he doesn't recognize his heritage like i think he should, lol.
Thank you! We have leprechaun drawings all over the house... the boys had a BALL!
Black Girl,
He should! If he's black, tell him he's gotta rock the red, black and green as well as the orange, white and green! Get him one of those zip up sweatshirts that says "Ireland" on the outside! :)
Hope your Happy St.Pady's Day involved some green beer. :)
No beer and no Shamrock Shake! I think my pants are probably happy about the lack of shake though!
It's a good point you make. I often wonder if my gripes about the implementation (or lack thereof) of Black History Month are out-of-date. After all, I haven't been in an elementary or high school classroom in a lonnnng time.
So, thanks for the heads-up.
It's interesting...I found that wearing green on Saint Patricks Day was more of an American cultural norm for me then anything else, growing up. That's why I felt comfortable doing it. Even other Black folks do it so you KNOW it's truly an all-around American thing, lol.
About that whole green beer thing, is it just Guiness with green food coloring? Just curious.
Ideally, true history would be taught ALL year long but in the meantime, there's no excuse for nothing school wide. It really does make me mad.
Mimi,
Thanks for jumping in and saying hey! I grew up in the Chicagoland area where there are TONS of Irish and lots of Catholics so I suppose I thought St. Patrick's Day was a normal part of life every March. When I was really little, it was much more of a saint's day than a day to get drunk! I don't know about the green beer... it must be food coloring! (Eww!)