Hundreds of outraged condemn racist and imperialist significance of Columbus Day.

Policy Response DateOctober 14, 2011 Country: Spain Address: Granada General Type: Institutional discrimination Racism and discrimination phenomena: Nationalism
Groups affected / Interested in: Ethnic minorities Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Culture

Over three hundred people called the "Assembly 15M  movement" manifested in Granada on Wednesday to condemn the "racist and imperialist nature" of Columbus Day.

Under  the slogan "For the peoples,  cultures. There is nothing  to celebrate, "the indignant just after 20.30 hours surrounding the big flag of Spain in the Constitution Avenue between candles and torches in sign of mourning for the victims of the colonization of America and  amid cries of" not discovery, it is genocide. "

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