text: if there was 'a day without an american', would you participate? on the 1st of may, mexicans and hispanic-americans made a big to-do out of their 'day without a mexican' bit. if someone organized 'a day without an american', would you stay home from work/school/etc., to show solidarity on the issue? to protest the governments inaction on the price of gas, yes. it is actually needed to get the attention of the people in charge. if solidarity was displayed then it would work, yes i would participate.