San Jose Votes to Remove Christopher Columbus Statue From City Hall
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By s.e. smith, Care2
Someone's getting evicted from San Jose City Hall in California after 60 years of residence: Christopher Columbus, who had previously occupied a place of pride in the building's lobby.
Evidently recognizing that celebrating a figure known for racism, genocide and colonialism wasn't a great look for a forward-thinking, progressive city, the City Council announced that the statue will be removed and has six weeks to find a new place.
The move was a response to an organizing campaign by the San Jose Brown Berets, a Chicano service and activist organization. It's part of their Decolonize San Jose program, which also aims to remove other monuments to colonialism and oppression in the city.
Over the course of 2017, a growing wave of civic statue removals in res...