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Jul 12, 2020 · Why are statues of Christopher Columbus being pull down in the US? Protestors in Baltimore said the Italian explorer is responsible for the genocide and exploitation of native peoples in the...
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Columbus has endured as a particularly sacred national symbol. Despite the fact that the Italian explorer never set foot in what was to become the United States, he is lauded for “discovering” America and has been welded to the very idea of its modern nation state. In a speech marking Independence Day on July 4, the US president, Donald Trump, sugg...
Native American activists have long seen Columbus as a villain, an agent responsible for the invasion, conquest and subsequent occupation of the Americas. He represents the genesis of forces that embraced slavery and colonialism, because he was personally involvedin enslavement, mass brutality and theft of indigenous land. Today’s activists continu...
Many states are now voting to remove statues from state buildings and public parks, acknowledging the pain that celebrating Columbus causes for so many, and the way it privileges the settler narrative. Statues of Columbus are markers of how societies choose to remember their history. It is a selective and often politicised process: who is chosen to...
The removal of Columbus statues is part of a growing movement to get rid of monuments deemed racist such as those dedicated to Confederate war heroes and symbols such as the Confederate flag.
Jun 12, 2020 · A statue of Christopher Columbus rests in a shallow pond after protesters pulled it off its pedestal and dragged it across a street in Richmond, Virginia.
Jun 13, 2020 · In the era when the reconsolidation of racist and extremely unequal post-Reconstruction rule in the South butted up against the explosive cross-race foment of the Southern Populist movement, Confederate myth-making enforced white supremacy over the Black population.
Feb 3, 2022 · HISTORY. Meet the Indigenous Activist Who Toppled Minnesota’s Christopher Columbus Statue. The unauthorized removal of the monument took place during the racial justice protests of summer...
Jul 31, 2020 · So creating places that allow for that to happen — that don’t allow for racist imagery to be promoted across the city — is a good step in that direction.
