“I want us to start reclaiming our public spaces by putting up monuments of people that matter to us, who did great things for us,” said Shelia McNary, head of the North Lawndale Coordinating Council Art & Culture Committee.
“The success of the students’ campaign set a precedent for the city to strip the names of other controversial historical figures from parks, streets, schools and libraries.” Translation: White people no longer live here and we are going to rename it. Which quite frankly, is the history of Chicago. No one even really knows where the word “Che-cau-gou” comes from, whether it means Stinky Onion in Algonquin, or whether it is Pottawatomie “choc-ca-go” meaning destitute, or Ojibway. The Indian land became The white man’s land and was remade. And now that BIPOC control Chicago, they have the right, even the… Read more »
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
“The success of the students’ campaign set a precedent for the city to strip the names of other controversial historical figures from parks, streets, schools and libraries.” Translation: White people no longer live here and we are going to rename it. Which quite frankly, is the history of Chicago. No one even really knows where the word “Che-cau-gou” comes from, whether it means Stinky Onion in Algonquin, or whether it is Pottawatomie “choc-ca-go” meaning destitute, or Ojibway. The Indian land became The white man’s land and was remade. And now that BIPOC control Chicago, they have the right, even the… Read more »