chasing monsters - exposing lies - tracking down ghosts / 💚🌱estuaries / header: Deb Miranda (Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen Nation) *Teaching on Stolen Ground* 2007
Jun 12, 2020 • 118 tweets • 55 min read
CONFRONTING COLUMBUS
a story about the weaponization of urban space & racialization of the public sphere at Christopher Columbus Park on Boston's Waterfront
a thread
(its long sorry) 🖤
since the genocidal symbolism & violent representation of Columbus as uncivil public edifice r clearly not enough 2 convince public officials about permanent removal of Columbus statue in Boston & c they're deciding behind closed doors of 'historical meaning'. Facts first: