I've been talking to my friend who is working at big bank, trying to make plans for a little daylight get-together. I thought President's Day might be a good time. It's a holiday, so I figured the bank would be closed, but it isn't such a big holiday that restaurants and stores would be closed. It had worked for Martin Luther King Day last month.
However, it turns out she doesn't get President's Day off. This just seems wrong to me. I don't mind that the bank closed for Martin Luther King Day – he certainly deserves to be acknowledged for his accomplishments. But President's Day is intended to celebrate TWO of our Greatest Presidents, and that is certainly deserving some acknowledgment, too.
I don't want to claim racial prejudice – somehow, no one takes you seriously if you're white. But I do wonder if this an example of the Dream that Dr King talked so eloquently about. It doesn't seem likely.
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