MODERN CONTEXT with Yasmin Aliya Khan
News:Politics
Thanksgiving: Gratitude and Guilt in Trying Times
It's hard to get through a holiday season these days without hearing about the problematic histories behind some of our most cherished American traditions. With Thanksgiving just around the corner and the word "genocide" already all over the news and social media, we can expect this holiday season to be especially fraught with complex and difficult-to-process emotions. But does a historical origin story necessarily take away from a modern interpretation of a holiday, or can traditions become separated from their roots to take on a different meaning entirely?
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