Again, I try to communicate with a level of reasoning that he tried to put between Armenian nationalism and the recognition of the Armenian genocide. I argue that these are polar opposites.
I love Memorial Day. I admire the efforts of the intrepid Armenians who protest all day in the hot sun in the hope of having Turkey and United. The State recognizes the tragic events of the 1915 genocide. As with any anniversary, be it marriage, birth, death, historical event, Armenians have the right to remember these correctly once a year on the 24th of April.
What is entirely contrary to me is that I will always wave the flags of the Armenians and sound the trumpets. Armenians waving flags around while honing in give me a deep sense of hostility, not a memory or acknowledgment of the fact.
If you’re Armenian, you should really call five of your friends and ask them to follow you with five cars down Whittier Blvd. in East Los Angeles while displaying some of the biggest Armenian flags ever made and blowing a relentless horn? What is going on?
As a longtime employee of an exclusively Latino/Latina high school, allow me to provide you with some historical background to the East Los Angeles area:
According to the 2000 United States government census, most of East Los Angeles is comprised of Latinos; I feel especially 97 Historically it has been, and will continue to be, a seminary for all things Latin.
I ask you this: What in the world do Latinos/Latinos (mainly Mexicans) have anything to do with the Armenian genocide, its memory, recognition and approval by Turkey?
Do you, as an Armenian, want me to stick a Mexican-flag in your face on Cinco de Mayo and ask for attention for remembrance? Also, don’t carry around flags while having the audacity to sharpen your horn. Treat people with something.
Some of the humbler Hispanics, as I spoke to a few on the street, even mistakenly thought Armenian flags were being displayed on Whittier Blvd. were the flags of Colombia (Colombia has similar colors, the horizontal pin of different color position).
As has been said, the Armenian flag and honing it is a sign of hostility. In addition, it causes movement and dissonance. They are quite unhappy witnesses, these rude Armenian flags see nothing but unrest in the street.
Case & Point: People in East Los Angeles couldn’t care less about Armenia, their genocide, and their memory. It is not used around their neighborhoods to disturb the peace, contaminating noise, hostility towards those who live there. It remains to sharpen the standards and the horns; For me, this is not the agenda of the Armenian Genocide.
Secondly, the Armenians driving around in their cars with huge flags are not trying to remember the events of 1915. Instead, they use it on The day before April 9< /a> 24 to address the multitude of non-Armenians, their pride in their country, while showing some of the strong men of the nation. For these Armenians April 24 seems to be a wonderful day of impiety to do whatever they like. It is almost as if they are celebrating for memory.
Next time try and observe the faces of Armenians waving flags and note what you see. They almost laugh at you without respect. Smile first, then crack at the next passerby.
These are – and I am in general – a group of contentious and angry Armenian teenagers using April 24 as an excuse to be terribly poor to everyone: “I’m Armenian and I can do what I like – even if it means walking around with big flags in a foreign neighborhood.” This is rude, it is unacceptable, and therefore it should not be tolerated.
As an Armenian, it is very frustrating and annoying to try and do something to try and make those flags illegal.
Use some common judgment when it comes to celebrating and remembering an anniversary; tragic or otherwise. Next time try and distinguish the difference between conflicting memories of nationalism and other excuses for pouring on the non-Armenian public.
The bottom line is that the Armenians with their flags and honing allude to a deep sense of enmity rather than historical memory and recognition. Flags are not necessary for the events of April 24th, especially when they are beating and ringing in a predominantly Latino neighborhood.
He pitied those who acted so hostile to their patrons and mocked the pride of the nation; specifically waving the Armenian flag on April 24 Completely shocked, I am ashamed of those who would be at the expense of my culture.
If you are marked in the egotistical experience in the spectacle, perhaps that anniversary is not so that you are neither recognized nor made a participant. Perhaps Halloween would be a more appropriate holiday for these types of people.
-Arin Gragossian
