First Peoples hip hop at Grand Performances Los Angeles (grandperformances.org) |
Neglected history (beacon.org) |
After a passionate speech by Italian-American LA Councilmember Mike Bonin saying that even he agreed Christopher Columbus was no one to honor (even as we well honor so many contributions by our Italian-American community).
LA City Council's Mike Bonin |
Then came the vote. Seeing through the whitewash, ploys, and diversions (like creating a "[Generic] Diversity Day"), another Italian-American Councilmember Joe Busciano tried to get August 9th to be declared Indigenous Peoples Day.
O'Farrell, Bonin, et al. did a good thing. |
LA Native dancer (Warrick Page/Getty) |
An American Genocide |
The same thing happened during the recent eclipse when no one else called out to the sea of people at Caltech to tell them we were at maximum. So we had to do it. There were hugs, tears, and everyone was eating a catered spread of Mexican food, tea, and bottled water.
The controversy over replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day
Larry Mantle (AirTalk, scpr.org, Aug. 30, 2017) edited by Wisdom Quarterly
Tongva leader Toypurina would be glad. |
The Los Angeles City Council will vote today on whether to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day.
As reported by City News Service, the move was proposed by Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell in November 2015. O’Farrell said that “recognizing the contributions, history, and sacrifices made by the original inhabitants of the Los Angeles area is long overdue.” More
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