04-28-2021, 12:45 PM
Lux Interior wrote:
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[quote=DeusxMac]
[quote=Lux Interior]
Reminds me of my gringo ignorance when, in my first year in France, I asked some of my French colleagues if they did anything for Cinco de Mayo.
They weren't offended, they just had no idea that it was a significant date in history (all 20-somethings).
To be fair, how many of your Stateside colleagues do anything for Bastille Day? Or even know what it is?
Ditto. This has nothing to do with 20-somethings. Why would anyone in France know what Cinco de Mayo or July 4 represents? Similarly, do you know what June 2, the Festa Della Repubblica is about, or perhaps October 3, Tag der Deutschen Einheit, or even July 1, Canada Day? Americans are so self-centered!
I'm pretty sure the French were very much involved in May 5, 1862. It has nothing to do with it being an obscure, foreign holiday.
Then should the question be "How many Mexican 20-somethings 'do anything' for Bastille Day?"
I suspect it would be equivalent to the number of French 20-somethings who do something for Cinco de Mayo.