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CMV:Schools that don’t have Martin Luther King day off because they don’t have a large black student body are racist.

My old high school was like this.

It’s ridiculous that a high school can get away with not giving the day off because of a lack of African American students.

My old high school and several around me are in the middle of no where. Out here there is a very small African American population (under 2 per grade)

So when asked why they don’t have MLK day off the school said because it’s not a culturally important enough day around here to have it off.

This is blatant racism, these small rural schools are having school on MLK day solely because they don’t have a lot of black students. 

This is should be a day everyone has off to respect the work a man did to improve the world. It shouldn’t be viewed by schools as a black only holiday.
gpt
Is that the actual reason or just some after the fact rationalization thought up on the spot? The reality is most likely that the school had to add a day to the curriculum and prioritized MLK day below other federal holidays.