Christmas & Cultural Diversity: Is Secular Christmas Antithetical to Diversity?
Wednesday December 3, 2008
Multiculturalism can mean a lot of things, but it's generally part of an argument that minority cultural traditions and practices should be given a more equal status alongside majority cultural practices which have long dominated people's lives. This presents challenges to people prefer those majority cultural practices, but sometimes they find a way to make it work for them. One example is the attempt to defend explicitly Christian celebrations of Christmas in a multicultural context.
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96% of Americans celebrate Christmas…yes, the “religious meaning” of Christmas is DEFINITELY being suppressed.
If I were trying to suppress the religious meaning of Christmas, I’d be doing something more effective than I am now.. like burning Christmas trees or toy Santa figurines in my yard.
I’d definitely get more attention doing that than celebrating Christmas in a secular fashion.
of course i wouldn’t really burn Christmas trees or figurines in my yard..joke
however, i don’t see why anyone would not consider boycotting Christmas (as Austin suggests) if this annoying culture war on X-mas doesn’t stop
urgg. forgive me. i am new to atheism.
all i really meant to say was…
burning things…bad idea (and a joke)
boycotting things..good idea!
and now i look like a loser for commenting three times on different days
Hi, Jenna