![]() Today, almost 400 years after that harvest, the Wampanoag people in Massachusetts are still engaged in a fight for their very survival. That’s why to many native folks, this holiday is not called Thanksgiving, but rather the National Day of Mourning. Sounds cute, right? You probably didn’t learn about the capture and the killings and the genocide of Indigenous people and the colonization of their land that followed. You may have learned in school that the first harvest was celebrated peacefully between Pilgrim settlers and the Wampanoag people in 1621. It is to the future and you have to keep your eyes on the prize.īrittany Packnett Cunningham That’s coming up, but first, let’s get to your “UNtrending News.”īrittany Packnett Cunningham As I mentioned earlier, many of us were not properly taught the true history of Thanksgiving. It’s not to these people who are trying to hurt you. ![]() Nikki Giovanni Your responsibility is to your dreams. I’ll be talking to the beloved American poet about her new collection “Make Me Rain,” the power of young people, and why we can’t let anyone take away our dreams. ![]() We are UNDISTRACTED.īrittany Packnett Cunningham On the show today…Nikki Giovanni! I know, right?! What’s most important is that we ALL live to see another year. This is not exactly the plan we wanted, but I’m grateful for these little things and for farm workers who bring us our food and for the privilege to be able to stay home this year for my health and the health of others. He’ll leave the food for us on his porch, we’ll pick it up, drive home, sanitize the Tupperware, and eat his sweet potato pie on the couch while we chat up the fam over Zoom. This year, it will be takeout from Reggie’s dad because Dr. And trust me, there is nothing more I’d rather do than argue with my brother and my cousins over the spades table after serving myself what is, yeah, a double portion of ham and macaroni on a paper plate that just buckles under the weight of my gluttony.īut there’s still so much to be thankful for. But in the end, we really could not justify taking that risk. And there would be COVID tests and face shields and quarantining-everything. Like some of you, I tried to get creative this year at first: my husband and I thought about making plans with just a few family members here in D.C. And this is a time when we’re craving more connection-not less. We miss those we’ve lost, and many families can’t afford to put much food on the table. Happy Friends and Family Day, everyone!Īnd Friends and Family Day is a complicated one this year…The holidays are already hard for a LOT of us, and it’s even harder during a pandemic. I love this idea and I’m going to have to figure out who to credit for it when I use it with my future children, because I absolutely will. They focused on teaching their children the holiday’s true history, and turned it into a chance to learn about Indigenous communities and really focus on gratitude. Please note: This transcript has been automatically generated.īrittany Packnett Cunningham Hey y’all, it’s Brittany…I saw someone on Twitter talk about how they rebranded American Thanksgiving in their home to be “friends and family” day. Nikki Giovanni Believes Your Dreams Are Worth It
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