One SDSU Community:Recuérdame: A Día de los Muertos Experience

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  Patricia Sánchez · Oct 1

  So excited for this event! Día de los Muertos is such a beautiful tradition. Can't wait to bring my family.

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  Thomas Patterson · Oct 1

  This is great—cultural events like this help us all understand each other better. San Diego is lucky to have this kind of community programming.

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  James Wilson · Oct 1

  Just another identity politics event. Why do we keep segregating people into these little cultural boxes? Why can't we all just be Americans?

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  Lucia Chavez · Oct 1

  @jim_w_1975 It's not segregation, it's celebration. Nobody's being excluded from coming. But sure, our traditions make you uncomfortable?

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  James Wilson · Oct 1

  Uncomfortable? No. I just think we're WAY too focused on 'remembering our heritage' when we should be focused on being one unified culture.

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  Thomas Patterson · Oct 1

  @jim_w_1975 That 'unified culture' has historically meant erasing everyone else's culture. Día de los Muertos is beautiful and deserves celebration.

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  James Wilson · Oct 1

  Oh here we go with the 'historical oppression' card. That's all you people ever talk about. Move forward, not backward.

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  Lucia Chavez · Oct 1

  YOU PEOPLE? Really? Moving forward doesn't mean pretending the past didn't happen. That's gaslighting, not unity.

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  Patricia Sánchez · Oct 1

  @jim_w_1975 If you think our culture celebrating itself is divisive, honestly maybe this isn't the community for you. There are plenty of homogeneous places.

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  James Wilson · Oct 1

  Oh wow, now I'm being told to LEAVE? Classic. This is exactly the exclusion I'm talking about. 'If you don't agree, get out.'

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  Thomas Patterson · Oct 1

  @jim_w_1975 Nobody's telling you to leave. They're saying maybe don't show up to a cultural celebration just to complain about it existing.

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  James Wilson · Oct 1

  @tom.history.nerd You're all so self-righteous. This woke takeover of everything is exhausting. Fine, have your event. We'll remember what this city used to be.