Columbus Day may soon be over in LA, replaced by Indigenous Peoples Day (Santa Monica: house, school)

[majoun]

Originally Posted by DKM

The "indigenous" people who were here when Europeans arrived, themselves massacred and stole the land from the people who migrated earlier. That said, I still don't understand the reason Columbus Day is a national holiday.

Large Italian-American communities in the Eastern and Great Lakes states.

[Xanathos]

Originally Posted by DKM

The "indigenous" people who were here when Europeans arrived, themselves massacred and stole the land from the people who migrated earlier. That said, I still don't understand the reason Columbus Day is a national holiday.

Thank the Catholics. Back in the 1930's, there was a rampant anti-Catholicism sentiment among the people. So the Catholic powers lobbied hard to get a holiday recognized to increase the church's popularity. They needed someone who was (keep in mind, this was the 1930's) universally liked, and one Cristoforo Colombo (who then had his name Anglicized to Christopher Columbus) became a one-man holiday.

[Xanathos]

Originally Posted by majoun

This is a big cause celebre among the institutional far left which L.A.'s wealthy white elite subsidize. Mainly because it does not threaten their wealth or power in any way.

Oh I know, it's common liberal playbook up and down the west coast. Focus on some feelgood initiative that actually does absolutely nothing but raises profile visibility of the politician(s) pushing for the change, garnering approval points from the social justice crowd in the process. Up in Seattle, it was rainbow crosswalks, down here, it's making sure white men who died centuries ago are properly posthumously flogged and replaced with equally deplorable others who fit the right PC mold and whatever it is a given politician might feel will resonate well with anchor babies.

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by Xanathos

Did it? Did it really result in "centuries of anguish for the continent's native population"?

You know, given that, in 1492, he discovered...The Bahamas.

Like, the fact that he never had anything to do with anything currently under the control of the US is completely lost on these people.

History is always modified to fit what someone thinks is important. A good question is: Why do we celebrate a day that had nothing to do directly with the USA?

If we want a "Discoverer's day" we would need to include the Viking landings as well. Why change to an Indigenous day, as that had nothing to do with the discovery?

[Xanathos]

^The answer to your query is up above.

Sure, the 1930's had polio and prohibition, but sometimes I envy the simplicity with which they lived their lives. "We need another national holiday, and the Catholics are proposing this guy who explored Central and South America. Close enough!"

We'll never see "Discovery Day" to respect the Vikings, because the Odinists aren't a big enough religion to have sufficient lobbying dollars.

[majoun]

Originally Posted by Xanathos

Oh I know, it's common liberal playbook up and down the west coast. Focus on some feelgood initiative that actually does absolutely nothing but raises profile visibility of the politician(s) pushing for the change, garnering approval points from the social justice crowd in the process. Up in Seattle, it was rainbow crosswalks, down here, it's making sure white men who died centuries ago are properly posthumously flogged and replaced with equally deplorable others who fit the right PC mold and whatever it is a given politician might feel will resonate well with anchor babies.

Never mind that Dia de la Raza - Columbus Day - is celebrated in almost all Spanish speaking countries including Mexico. Only Venezuela and Costa Rica have dumped it.

[Exitus Acta Probat]

They did it.

LA City Council votes to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day | abc7.com

[majoun]

Cuba also dumped it.
Why is it no surprise that the city of L.A. is following a policy that Venezuela and Cuba have pursued?

[bmw335xi]

And Democrats called Republicans crazy for thinking their little changes would be a slippery slope leading to something like changing our holidays to tearing down our statues.

[jm1982]

Originally Posted by Exitus Acta Probat

They did it.

LA City Council votes to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day | abc7.com

When do they vote on "Undocumented Immigrant day" is it on the city council calendar yet ?