Well, my kids and I got sick of being left out of the fun, so we decided that we were going to take part and celebrate diversity, too. We would get a card table and dress in our unusual native costumes and talk about our ethnic heritage like everyone else at the school. So we put on native clothing that most of the people there had never seen--I wore a wool plaid skirt, a cashmere sweater, a navy blazer, and Great-Grandmama's pearls, with plain flats; my son wore his navy blazer, a baggy white cotton button-down shirt, and a simple silk tie. We made a Yorkshire pudding, Sally Lunn bread, and a few other English odds and ends, and set up a display about quaint native customs from our ethnic heritage. Our little display showcased charming ethnic folkways like the Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, the Constitution, writs of habeas corpus, and trial by jury. We also put up pictures of those who contributed to our quaint native culture. I chose pictures of Shakespeare, Jefferson, Marshall, Washington, Wren, Newton, Reagan, and Churchill, to name a few. We had a boombox playing Purcell and Dowland.
Nobody thought this was in any way amusing, for some reason. Our gesture was not appreciated. We are just insensitive white racists, after all.
I think it was great. I guess they would have been more impressed by some spicy food or idiotic dancing. The Magna Carta, Bill of Rights or Shakespeare just can't compare I guess. LOL @ the idiots.