How To Honor Indigenous Peoples Day and Italian Heritage Too
In a pluralistic society, can we honor people from our history who some consider a hero, and others consider a genocidal monster?
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The Mellon Foundation plans to re-imagine monuments over the next five years, to highlight underrepresented groups or stories and re-think current monuments and memorials. On the day many now celebrate as Indigenous Peoples' Day, Elizabeth Alexander — poet, educator, memoirist, scholar and president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation — talks about the group's plans and what they hope to achieve.