CULTURAL EMPOORMENT: School principal bans Santa, Thanksgiving and Pledge of Allegiance.

New principal Eujin Jaela Kim has given PS 169 in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, a politically correct scrub-down, to the dismay of teachers and parents. . . .

A memo last month from assistant principal Jose Chaparro suggested a “harvest festival instead of Thanksgiving or a winter celebration instead of a Christmas party.” He urged staff to “be sensitive of the diversity of our families. Not all children celebrate the same holidays.”

Ninety-five percent of the 1,600 kids at PS 169 are Asian or Hispanic. . . .

In a memo to staff this month, PS 169 business manager Johanna Bjorken added: “In case you are wondering about grey areas: Santa Claus is considered an ‘other religious figure.’ ”

Multiculturalism is really just monoculturalism. Different holidays means no holidays–except those approved by leftists, such as Labor Day, MLK Jr. Day, and Cesar Chavez Day. Many symbols means no symbols–except those approved by leftists, such as the rainbow, the hammer-and-sickle, and the Obama campaign logo. A variety of religious figures means no religious figures–except those approved by the left, such as Rosa Parks, Che Guevara, and Nelson Mandela. Diversity means giving up everything that is yours, and being permitted only an identity–with its attendant holy days, icons, and saints–assigned to you by leftists.

According to the Reuters survey, 58 percent Americans say they “don’t identify with what America has become.” While Republicans and Independents are the most likely to agree with this statement, even 45 percent of Democrats share this feeling.

More than half of Americans, 53 percent, say they “feel like a stranger” in their own country. A minority of Americans feel “comfortable as myself” in the country.