The mom who put an end to the kindergarten Thanksgiving traditions
at two California elementary schools this year has been getting some
pretty nasty holiday greetings. Racial epithets, wishes that her
daughter (a member of one of the kindergarten classes) would be beat
up.
I shared Michelle Raheja's fight and her comments here on the 'Derby
right before Thanksgiving, opening up the question to the readers of
whether the old standby "Pilgrims and Indians" recreations in
kindergartens are really racist or not. A host of opinions came down on
either side of the fence, but I'm happy to say not one reader took
Raheja's defenseless five-year-old to task.
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