In a unanimous decision Monday night, Oberlin City Council voted to change the second Monday of October on the calendar to Indigenous Peoples Day, becoming the first city in Ohio to do so.
As reported previously, many in Oberlin were calling for the replacement back in June, but it took two months of discussion, the formation of a special Indigenous Peoples Day Committee and two previous readings for the resolution to pass.
“Columbus has enjoyed 500 years of praise, and it’s now time to shift the spotlight,” Councilwoman Linda Slocum said during Monday’s meeting, the Chronicle reported.
Naturally, not everyone was pleased with the move. One attendee even called it “a subtle form of bigotry” against Italian Americans.
The city’s official calendar will change this year, and Council plans to implement other (currently undecided) actions to celebrate the new holiday.
This article appears in Aug 16-22, 2017.
The second Monday of October: Indignant People’s Day. Whatever, dudes,
Will Beggar’s Night (Oct. 30)) soon become Indigent People’s Day?
Chuckles the Clown
The final nail is now slowly being hammered in.
A book worth tracking down is “A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust And Denial In The Americas 1492 To The Present” by Ward Churchill.