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Elementary school students in Claremont, CA, will not be
dressing like pilgrims and Native Americans for this year's
Thanksgiving pageant after one mom called the costumes racist
stereotypes. Our readers shed some light on the topic:  Two boys
wearing costumes  How pitiful. I'm tired of people throwing
around words like racism with no context. No one is implying
Native Americans are an inferior race by dressing up as them,
and it's childish and cheap to pretend they are. All you're
doing is taking harmless fun from children because of your own
self-pity. -- dwindle  Considering that the first Thanksgiving
was to celebrate the killing of 700 Pequot men, women, and
children, I can see how and why the Native Americans would find
this offensive. The U.S. has over 564 tribes within its borders
that have varying languages, regalia, customs, and traditions. I
can completely understand why the indig