2/3rds of me is from people colonized for 33 years by the other 1/3rd of me, and then another 48 by the US after that, plus I really don’t like turkey very much, so other than the time I was cast as a pilgrim in Mrs Nelson’s kindergarten class for Saint Peter School’s Thanksgiving pageant, I’ve never really cared much about Thanksgiving. This tweet I saw yesterday captures my sentiment perfectly:

Thanksgiving celebrates the worst qualities of white people: colonialism and the world’s most bland cuisine.

— jendziura (@jendziura) November 17, 2012