Definitely racist bullshit. I think there are more important things to address and that we need to thicken some skin and not pamper people who hear the wrong word.
I get it, but the fact remains that it is the founding of our country. The guy might have been an asshole, but it's still technically our birthday. I guess my analogy would be a child born to a crack mom. She sucked bringing the baby into this world, but the baby still gets a birthday.
Unless you include white pride week, which will never exist because it's racist.