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By Andrew Jones
Saturday, February 4, 2012 15:43 EST
A Republican lawmaker in Arizona is hoping his state creates a holiday celebrating caucasian people.
According to CBS affiliate in Phoenix, state Rep. Cecil Ash made his request felt on the Arizona House floor this week during a discussion about Latino Americans in Arizona.
After Rep. Richard Miranda suggested that the state should have a Latino American day, Ash made his statement.
“I’m supportive of this proposition,” he said. “I just want them to assure me that when we do become in the minority you’ll have a day for us.”
The comment produced some laughs from his fellow lawmakers who thought Ash was being facetious. However, he revealed later that he was not joking.
“Yes, I think it was appropriate,” he said. “It was appropriate for the mood that was in the House and I think that if and when the Caucasian population becomes a minority, they may want to celebrate the accomplishments and the contributions of the Caucasian population the same way.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/04/az-gop-lawmaker-wants-a-holiday-celebrating-white-people/
WATCH: Video from local CBS affiliate in Phoenix, Arizona.
http://www.kpho.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=6699503
"I took the time to edit this post as it originally said 'White People' no where in the interview or his words was that said!!!" The young lady that was spoken to on the street said 'Yes' they have their Cinco de Mayo, so why can't we have something for whites, so I ask, does St. Patricks day not count??? Can we agree on a holiday called Americans Day, we are after all a 'Melting Pot'By Andrew Jones
Saturday, February 4, 2012 15:43 EST
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The brightest civilizations and golden ages have always been the result of melting pots and combinations of different traditions and knowledge. Groovalizacion likes to believe that progress comes from mutual understanding and tolerance. That it also comes from the pleasure to meet foreign cultures, to taste the subtle contrasts which enrich our perception.
Groovalizacion wants to give a voice to the new musical scenes, to create a place where traditions and modernity freely mingle: Fusion, world, electro, Celtic music, flamenco, jazz, tango, reggae, ska, soul, urban sounds, bossa-nova, klezmer, raï... There is no end to the list of sounds and perfumes which, build identities, bring dialogue and food for thought.
Groovalizacion is a music lab, a meeting place and one of cultural exchange. Its doors are wide open to the curious kind eager to try the cocktail a la Groovalizacion, rich in flavours and ingredients collected along the way and the different latitudes. It’s a torrid, fun and passionate atmosphere which will take you from São Paulo to Casablanca, Berlin to Dakar, Bombay to Buenos-Aires, Hong-Kong to la Havana...
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This is a documentary - portrait of an immigrant singer trying to make it in New York City whose number of audience is proportional with the size of his community . Although it is about a Turkish singer, it shows the universality of appreciation of music and art. It also shows that American culture is very diverse and not limited to pop/rock music.This is a documentary - portrait of an immigrant singer trying to make it in New York... more
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Neatorama.
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Growing up in a multi-cultural city can mind mess your sense of self. As a Londoner of Asian descent, how do I go about defining myself when living in a mongrel city mixing within swathes of contrasting cultures and having a lucid sense of where or what is ‘home’.
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