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Glenn Grothman: “What we can do is we can say that, before it's presented as some special holiday, before the school children of America…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 2013
What we can do is we can say that, before it's presented as some special holiday, before the school children of America, we point out the background of the holiday and why it was created.
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Glenn Grothman
Republican · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Grothman suggests that the history of Kwanzaa should be taught before it is celebrated in schools.

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