We'd Like to Welcome Chicago's Italians to Our World

It was just a matter of time before all this historical revisionism and how horrible our ancestors were flowed over to something other than Confederate and in just the past few days, it has happened to Chicago's people of Italian descent (notice I don't say Italian-American because I find the hyphenated American words offensive).

Way back, it was a day off school called Columbus Day.  Then, it became Indigenous Peoples-Columbus Day.  Now, by Chicago Public Schools decree, it is just Indigenous Peoples Day.

And, with Columbus being an Italian sailing for Spain, he is kind of special to Italian people.  But, because of what happened to the Indigenous People (Indians), that is  no longer acceptable to many.  The Italians in Chicago are up in arms.  They consider it a slap in the face.

They are already mad because the name of Balbo Drive has been changed to Ida B. Wells Road.  Italo Balbo to honor his 1933 trans-Atlantic flight.  There are also those who want the Balbo statue taken down.  All this because of Balbo's connections to Fascism and Mussolini.

Who's Next?

Anyway, Welcome to Our World.  --Old Secesh