MLK day
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- fr0st
So its Martin Luther King day and some people are at work and some are observing a holiday.
Why do you think some have the day off and some don't?
I think at my work place its cuz theirs not alot of minorities, probably like 3 and only 1 of em is African American.
Whats up with that? do you see the same thing at your workplace today?
discuss.....
- mrdobolina0
we don't get off for president's day either.
I don't work at a bank or the post office.
- radar0
Ours is optional you either get today off or your birthday, I chose to celebrate my own greatness this year instead. But, I think it's bullshit - we should, but we don't even have a MLK Blvd. so?
- todelete__20
a couple of people in our department have taken the day off of work today. the people who came in are kinda pissed, except me. i'm pissed i didn't call in as well.
- JazX0
Why do you think some have the day off and some don't?
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PC BS
Hell, do I get Austrian-German American holidays off.
Nope.
I'm taking off the entire month of Oktober this year, f*ck them@!
;)
- fr0st0
im with you Kona...
also, any one catch the episode of Boondocks last night about MLK?
hilarious and yet so true
- todelete__20
no frost, what was it about? i've only seen one episode of that show.
- mrdobolina0
that show is funny.
PC BS JazX?
I disagree. Black folks used to get sprayed with firehoses in this country and had to enter the back doors of buildings and because of people like MLK, they don't.
Pretty significant progress if you ask me.
- MLP0
shit... i thought that said MLP day at first.
- alkanenine0
im with you Kona...
also, any one catch the episode of Boondocks last night about MLK?
hilarious and yet so true
fr0st
(Jan 16 06, 07:14)"screw you all, i'm going to canada"
it was a pretty funny episode.
- JazX0
I'm down with the Black folk who legit celebrate it for the right reasons. H*ll, I might have a halfbreed black kid one day and good for if he/she wants to celebrate it. Will that entitle me to being off since my kid will be part African?
Nope.
If one group celebrates it, we all should. That's my thoughts. Same with Presidents Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day, etc.
- -sputnik-0
most companies now give floating holidays which you can choose to use on days where they don't necessarily give the day off. MLK, good friday, president's day, the day after thanksgiving etc.
it's not a racial thing.
- JazX0
Should be declared by the government, everybody gets off, that's my point.
- -sputnik-0
yea, it's a bank holiday at this point. government offices are closed, banks, post offices. i don't know about schools.
i also think presidents day is important...how can we not have a day of thanks for people who founded this country?
- JazX0
schools are closed, I got drunk with a female friend who's a teacher. she's sleeping it off, I'm at work slaving hee hee
- Baskerville0
MLK was an incredibly important figure but not just for black people but everyone, all minorities and white people too. Surely everyone should take the day off. Otherwise its continueing the segregation (black get a separate holiday of their own) which is surely not what MLK was trying to achieve politically in the US.
I'm with Stevie Wonder on this. Happy birthday to ya.
- Mimio0
They should give people the day off to vote instead.
- mrdobolina0
no doubt, mimio.
- JazX0
I agree. All peeps should have a voice. You want to know why the Dems lost the past two elections. Old people are more conservative and rich white people vote.
- chaztoo0
I celebrate all year.
- todelete__20
i'm a little upset at the two guys whom i'm friends with that called in today.
i know for a fact (cause i was out with them) that they got shitfaced yesterday watching the bears game, then closed out the bar we were at, then when i went home they went to the strip club nearby and closed that place out as well. now they both called in this morning requesting off to 'honor mlk' and it's bullshit. they are still in bed recovering from a night of partying while i sit here contemplating puking in the garbage can.