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Austin replaces Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Community Impact ^
| 10/6/17
| Christopher Neely
Posted on 10/06/2017 6:25:18 PM PDT by markomalley
Austin will no longer officially recognize Columbus Day after Austin City Council voted Thursday to replace the holiday with Indigenous Peoples Day.
Although Thursdays vote will have no direct effect on the federal holidaywhich celebrates Italian explorer Christopher Columbuss arrival to the lands of the western hemisphere every second Monday of OctoberAustin city calendars will now read Indigenous Peoples Day.
The change drew much debate amongst council members, some of who felt the holiday should simultaneously celebrate Christopher Columbus and the indigenous people of America. However, after a few amendments proposing synonymity failed, the resolution to replace the holiday passed 9-1-1, with District 8 Council Member Ellen Troxclair voting no and District 10 Council Member Alison Alter abstaining.
The resolution that is before us today is in the spirit of inclusiveness, District 1 Council Member Ora Houston said. In this polarized environment we live in now, theres no way we can celebrate both.
The resolution says the city of Austin strongly encourages Austin public schools to include teaching of indigenous peoples history and business, organizations and public institutions to recognize the holiday change.
District 2 Council Member Delia Garza said the councils vote was an important step. She said if enough cities do what were doing, then the federal government may take notice.
Troxclair and Alter said they were both uncomfortable with the termination of Columbus Day. Troxclair said she heard pushback from the Italian-American community and the Knights of Columbus organization.
Indigenous Peoples Day is Monday, Oct. 9.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: bluezones; columbusday
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This shirt pretty much sums it up:
To: markomalley
If Austin wasn’t weird, I would get very, very concerned.
In that town, you can guarantee that the truly strange and weird folks will be on Sixth Street.
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posted on
10/06/2017 6:27:05 PM PDT
by
txnativegop
(The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
To: markomalley
Austin is NOT Texas. Austin is an island surrounded by Texas.
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posted on
10/06/2017 6:32:46 PM PDT
by
GT Vander
(Life's priorities; God, Family, Country. Everything else is just details...)
To: markomalley
Austin is a disgrace to the State of Texas!
4
posted on
10/06/2017 6:33:08 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: markomalley
And Martin Luther King Day will be replaced by Black Lives Matter Day.
There will be a parade followed by violent demonstrations including looting and burning of local businesses and police cars.
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posted on
10/06/2017 6:35:43 PM PDT
by
Vlad The Inhaler
(Libtards wish anarchy and death for others, but not for themselves.)
To: markomalley
How long before they diss Stephen F. Austin?
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posted on
10/06/2017 6:35:52 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(Are you tired of winning yet?)
To: markomalley
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posted on
10/06/2017 6:36:00 PM PDT
by
Rockitz
(This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
To: markomalley
“Indigenous Peoples Day”
Kennewick Man and his clan?
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posted on
10/06/2017 6:36:45 PM PDT
by
SharpRightTurn
(Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
To: markomalley
Austin is the San Francisco of Texas.
9
posted on
10/06/2017 6:36:56 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
("If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck." - John Steinbeck)
To: markomalley
If Spaniards had not wiped out the Aztecs, there would be no indigenous people left.
To: markomalley
How about Alamo day?
And what about Austin itself, named after the colonizer Stephen Austin?
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posted on
10/06/2017 6:38:45 PM PDT
by
aquila48
To: markomalley
The resolution that is before us today is in the spirit of inclusiveness, District 1 Council Member Ora Houston said. In this polarized environment we live in now, theres no way we can celebrate both. If they can't celebrate both then they are not being inclusive, right?
To: Fiddlstix
“...Austin is a disgrace to the State of Texas!...”
Just put a fence around it and turn it into the country’s largest insane asylum. Once they’re in there, don’t ever let em out.
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posted on
10/06/2017 6:39:53 PM PDT
by
lgjhn23
(It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
To: markomalley
Well, Austin. IF it makes you feel any better, we know longer celebrate MLK day anymore. Instead, we celebrate Robert E. Lee’s birthday and have done so ever since your black messiah endowed us as being racists because we were born “white”. So, we just went ahead and made the change....kinda like you azzclowns.
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posted on
10/06/2017 6:44:45 PM PDT
by
lgjhn23
(It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
To: markomalley
How about going completely crazy and rename it "Get your lazy civil service ass back to work" day and no longer have it as a paid holiday? No?
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posted on
10/06/2017 6:52:36 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(The Whig Party died when it fled the great fight of its century. Ditto for the Republicans now.)
To: markomalley
shove it up your gay liberal bung hole Austin.
Your a cyst on Texas' a$$ and should be removed.
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posted on
10/06/2017 7:40:35 PM PDT
by
eartick
(Been to the line in the sand and liked it, but ready to go again)
To: markomalley
Columbus Day is the celebration of discovery. The indigenous people were already here, they didnt discover anything. A Celebration of Indigenous Peoples should not be on the same day, and Im quite sure they wouldnt pick this particular day to celebrate their existence. When will the left finally realize, its over, Hillary lost and the movement is dead.
To: Golfinsocal
The indigenous people were already here, they didnt discover anything. According to the official position of almost all anthropologists the "Indigenous" people came here across the Bering Straits dry land bridge. They were immigrants just like everybody else. The main stream anthros claim humans originated in Africa, thus we ALL are immigrants--no one is indigenous to North or South America.
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posted on
10/06/2017 9:48:12 PM PDT
by
Auntie Dem
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
To: markomalley
Let’s celebrate by passing out pox laden blankets.
To: markomalley
The San Francisco of Texas. Hanoi in the Hill Country.
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posted on
10/07/2017 4:08:56 AM PDT
by
Feckless
(The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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