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Old 05-11-2015, 03:19 AM
 
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What about St. Patrick's Day? That's 1 celebration of white culture. Halloween is another. Might have been more palatable to offer the discount to patrons regardless of race.
St. Patrick's Day is a Christian i.e. religious based celebration. (The "Saint" part might have given that away). Whether or not Christianity is a "White" religion or not is another matter.

Halloween's history is debatable. i.e. Pagan vs Christian. Paganism may be considered a "White" thing but I don't think that Halloween is considered pagan in the USA.

If you are going to head down this route, then Christmas & Easter would also fall into your classification.

Yet here in contemporary USA, I don't think anyone would identify any of these as "White" holidays. They are clearly parts of Western Civilization which is the basis of society that we live in.
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Old 05-11-2015, 09:58 AM
 
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St. Patrick's Day is a Christian i.e. religious based celebration. (The "Saint" part might have given that away). Whether or not Christianity is a "White" religion or not is another matter.

Halloween's history is debatable. i.e. Pagan vs Christian. Paganism may be considered a "White" thing but I don't think that Halloween is considered pagan in the USA.

If you are going to head down this route, then Christmas & Easter would also fall into your classification.

Yet here in contemporary USA, I don't think anyone would identify any of these as "White" holidays. They are clearly parts of Western Civilization which is the basis of society that we live in.
Western civilization=white.

St. Patrick was white and St Patrick's day is a cultural celebration.
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