Posted on Dec 22, 2023
California town proposes ban on Pride, Black and women’s history celebrations
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The southern California city of Huntington Beach, a bastion of conservative voters, has made the move to block diverse monthlong celebrations of Black history, women’s history and Pride, in favor of observing the revolutionary and civil wars, California’s history and America’s independence.
An agenda item introduced on 19 December forbids any programming that pertains to previously established honorary celebrations for women, people of color and LGBTQ+ groups from taking place on city-owned property, including libraries, or of being featured in city communications such as social media posts, according to Natalie Moser, a city council member who voted against the action.
This means that programming meant to acknowledge and teach the history of historically marginalized groups such as Black Americans and LGBTQ+ people will be replaced by “content” about local railroad and surfing history and a monthlong tribute to the discovery of oil in Huntington Beach called Black Gold Jubilee, according to the agenda item’s language.
An agenda item introduced on 19 December forbids any programming that pertains to previously established honorary celebrations for women, people of color and LGBTQ+ groups from taking place on city-owned property, including libraries, or of being featured in city communications such as social media posts, according to Natalie Moser, a city council member who voted against the action.
This means that programming meant to acknowledge and teach the history of historically marginalized groups such as Black Americans and LGBTQ+ people will be replaced by “content” about local railroad and surfing history and a monthlong tribute to the discovery of oil in Huntington Beach called Black Gold Jubilee, according to the agenda item’s language.
California town proposes ban on Pride, Black and women’s history celebrations
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I’m happy with the city decision. The first people to hunt and gather their food, live in Huntington Beach, the Native Americans, known as “Tongva” “this is my tribe.” In 1898 the Newlands, purchased 500 acres above the marsh land. The house is located off of Beach boulevard a.k.a. Highway 39. Oil was first discovered in 1920, the was a forest of derricks lined the skyline of Huntington Beach, and along the coast. In 1959 the first U S surfing competitions were held. A few years later ABC, wide world of sports, started televising Surf City.
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