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I have always wondered what the difference is between ,
" people of color', and, "colored people'.
One is PC and the other seems to be biased-according to liberals. I say 'huh' ?
I also wonder if a certain people of color, is an attempt to link to successful "people of color such as Koreans, Japanese, Chinese, etc.
PC causes libs to twist themselves into knots...as per the above.

Universities shouldn't be considered "private" when they accept gov't money at all, even in the form of tuition grants. (U of P accepts student tuition grants, doesn't it?)

Btw, I used to live near U of P. Be careful around there. :-0 When I was living there, a student from your university was shot and killed for something like $1.35.

On Monday, we will not be observing Columbus Day. We will, however, be observing Martin Luther King day. Surprised?

No.

There are different degrees of observing a holiday. What specifically, are you objecting to here?

Penn - always disappointing - just about the time I think they're starting to recover from the shame of the Water Buffalo and stolenbutnotreallystolenbecauseitwasminoritystusentswhotooktheDP's incidents, they go and give an honory degree to Kofi Annan, and now this - for all their powerful intellect, they don't learn very fast.....

I anticipate that I will be demonized very shortly, but I have to play the bad guy here and ask--

How seriously does anybody take this holiday anyway?

I am enjoying my days off from the Army, to be sure, but I cannot say that the name Christopher Columbus inspires any great sentiment in my heart (along the lines of say, George Washington or Abraham Lincoln).

I see him as a opportunist who: (a) did not actually discover America and was certainly not the only person exploring this area of the world during his lifetime; (b) contributed nothing whatever to our cultural or political heritage; and (c) set out in service of the interests of the Spanish Crown, whose imperial designs remained at least a minor threat to U.S. interests throughout the first 120 year or so of our nation's existence.

None of this makes him a bad person but I see nothing that makes his life more worth celebrating than the life of any other European mariner hunting fame and fortune at that time.

If Americans are going to dedicate a holiday to a foreigner, I could see plenty of more compelling candidates. How about a Winston Churchill day? Or a Mother Theresa day? Or maybe a Lech Walesa day?

Speaking as a person of noncolor, I can say I am outraged the U of Penn is setting aside a day of observance for that old philandering, fellow-travelling, plagiarizing Rev. Michael Luther King. Because I am offended, I expect the university to meet my demand to drop its plans and cancel the MLK observance. To atone for this act of intolerance in planning to honor King, they should instead honor Jesse Helms, another person of noncolor, so as to soothe my sensitivity.