Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 1)

[Averon]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/a-reminder-thanksgiving-is-a-problematic-holiday-celebrates-a-myth-of-colonialism-and-white-proprietorship-of-the-u-s.1047771/

Why I will NOT be saying or wishing to anyone "Happy Thanksgiving".

This highly educational op-ed I have discovered regarding the dark history that surrounds this holiday and why celebrating it is problematic will explain why.

This article is written by a Native American who has been attempting to educate everyone about why Thanksgiving is problematic within Native American culture, if you agree with this effort, please share this widely, the more who learn why Thanksgiving is problematic, the better:
https://www.bustle.com/p/thanksgiving-promotes-whitewashed-history-so-i-organized-truthsgiving-instead-13154470

Here's another article explaining the true history of Thanksgiving:

https://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-thanksgiving-2017-11

Here's a 2019 book whose description states that Thanksgiving is "a holiday which celebrates a myth of colonialism and white proprietorship of the United States":

https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/this-land-is-their-land-9781632869241/

And here's a USA Today article from 2023 where it reports that "Indigenous scholars and activists say that the Thanksgiving story ignores a longer past and future for Native Americans":
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/11/22/thanksgiving-story-native-american-history/71563811007/

Note:

I created this thread to try to educate people about the true history of Thanksgiving, a history that is NOT widely taught in schools. ALSO I created this thread to raise awareness that the history of Thanksgiving has been whitewashed and the Native Americans are still being oppressed in the 21st Century.

Do they really think this hollow, smug, and vacuous online virtue signaling makes them "smart" and morally superior?