Spanish colonial monuments fuel race strife in US Southwest

Spanish colonial monuments fuel race strife in US Southwest

Seattle Times

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RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Statues of Spanish conquistador Don Juan de Oñate are now in storage after demonstrators in New Mexico threatened to topple them. Protesters in California have pulled down sculptures of Spanish missionary Junipero Serra, and now schools, parks and streets named after Spanish explorers are facing uncertain futures. As statues and […]

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