[Leica] Thanksgiving

[Alan Magayne-Roshak]

 On Fri, 26 Nov 2021 Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote:
>The ambivalence is not about our riches today but the historical
background for the holiday. What we are celebrating is a Disneyfied version
of the story of the arrival of the >European settlers in North America. The
reality is genocide committed on Native Americans. It is for the same
reason that I have a deep distaste for Spain?s national day, D?a de la
>Hispanidad on 12 October, what is known as Columbus Day in the US (this
distaste is shared by many of my Spanish friends, BTW).

>Cheers,
>Nathan
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There is baggage that goes with all holidays, so Kat & I don't observe any
of them.
-- 
Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
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