Columbus Day
More and more cities are ditching Columbus Day & instead celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day.
Obama's 2016 statement on the holiday noted "the pain and suffering reflected in the stories of Native Americans who had long resided on this land."
The explorer's holiday — and his statues — must go.
"The City of Columbus will be open on Columbus Day," a brief statement on the city’s website reads.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
"I want you to not teach me lies. That is all."
“You can love your grandma," says 19-year-old designer Olatiwa Karade. "But you also need to be saying, ‘You know, grandma, black people are human.'”
The ability of white men to insulate ourselves from and tamp down critique threatens any hope we have for a functional society.
I took a step toward reconciliation after learning about the violence inflicted upon my ancestors.
Los Angeles has joined a number of cities renaming the Columbus Day holiday.
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