University Prof. Wants You to Say This Instead of ‘Merry Christmas’ to Stomp Out ‘Cultural Insensitivity’

by Jason Howerton | The Blaze  |  published on December 24, 2015

Instead of saying “merry Christmas” this year, a University of Central Florida political science professor wants you to try out a new phrase: “Happy federal holiday.”

The professor, Terri Susan Fine, argued in an editorial published in UCF Today that “we show cultural insensitivity both by equating one major holiday with a minor holiday and failing to recognize that diversity includes those who celebrate neither holiday.”

When you say “merry Christmas” or “happy Chanukah,” you’re not being “inclusive” enough, according to Fine.

Read the full article: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/12/23/university-prof-wants-you-to-say-this-instead-of-merry-christmas-to-stomp-out-cultural-insensitivity/

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