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2/10/2021 Call For Action! — Centro Aztlan Chicomoztoc ← BACK TO ALL EVENTS Call For Action! Protest: Remove the Statue of Thomas Fallon We will start at San Jose City Hall and after a brief rally, we will Monday, October 12, 2020 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM march to the Fallon statue to demand that the statue be taken down. Speakers will include an Ohlone speaker, cultural Thomas Fallon Statue performance as well as a speaker from the Resistance Council. 301 West Saint James Street, San Jose, CA, 95110, United States (map) Earlier Event: October 11 Talleres Digitales “Libera Tu Mente” Psicología de Avanzada para Salud Integral Later Event: October 12 ESL Clases con Citlalmina CENTRO AZTLAN INFO ACTION CHICOMOZTOC Mission Volunteer 47 E William Street Sign up to receive news Partners Contact and updates. San Jose, CA 95112 Programs Donate centroaztlansanjose@gmail. Email Address com SIGN UP https://www.centroaztlanchicomoztoc.org/new-events/call-for-action 1/2 2/10/2021 Call For Action! — Centro Aztlan Chicomoztoc https://www.centroaztlanchicomoztoc.org/new-events/call-for-action 2/2 Hello Lynne Brown, I am writing to oppose removal of the so called “Fallon Statue” and to direct your attention to an attack on California history. The scenario here is the city council being pressured by a minority of vocal special interest groups. One uninformed citizen whose letter to the San Jose Mercury newspaper suggested putting the statue for sale to scrap metal dealers and to leave the base in place as he writes it will be a reminder of the “politically incorrect” acts by Fallon as mayor of San Jose. So here are a few facts gleaned from the city council minutes during the year Fallon was mayor: streets were graded and graveled, the two schools were repaired and enlarged, bridges over the Guadalupe River were repaired, Oak Hill burying ground officially became the city’s cemetery, and the blight of roaming dogs and swine was brought under control. Hardly politically incorrect actions. The uninformed attach accusations and smears against Fallon in the absence of facts. There is no record or implication of persecution by Fallon against Californios or indigenous people. The statue does not represent the subjugation of Mexicans or native tribes. As Mayor Liccardo has noted, the San Jose council has many urgent and critical priorities, among those are a pandemic, a bad economy, homelessness, and gentrification. So why is he advocating to remove another statue? Is it his shiney object to deflect from these real problems? Obviously hauling away the Columbus statue from City Hall wasn’t enough to satisfy the haters. Is erasing San Jose history exactly what Liccardo and the city council want? That statue has absolutely nothing to do with racism, nothing. That’s a smear used by people with a divisive ideological agenda against the “other” for perceived failings of frail humans of any time period you might choose. There is a vile lie being circulated on change.org that Fallon was known to abuse, lynch, and slaughter Mexicans and native people. Fallon was not a racist. He was married to a Mexican. This tactic is used by those who have no facts to inflame and divide. Truth be told, the Californios in authority who settled this state had more opportunity for cruelty to the indigenous people than the immigrants from the east. The “art” piece that should be removed from public view is the Aztec serpent god in Chavez Plaza. Anyone who looks at it sees an ugly, black, cracked lump. It was to this pagan abomination the Aztecs slaughtered thousands of humans annually. Remove this hideous symbol of violence and genocide. Cesar Chavez was a devout Christian. Do you wonder what he would think of this statue? There will be no racial healing until individuals stop picking at the scab of “racial injustice”. A civil war 160 years ago was fought to end slavery in America. White people killed white people to free black people. America isn’t a racist country. Barack Obama was elected president twice. What we do have are leaders of a systemic ideology, such as the Latino Leadership Alliance and BLM, which discourages minorities to compete and achieve. Is it Thomas Fallon himself who the art fascists hate? It’s America that the detractors hate and label imperialistic. Fallon was ethnic Irish, a persecuted class in America of the 1840’s and much later decades. Fallon raised the American flag in San Jose, and the American flag was raised over numerous Californios villages and cities starting in 1846. Public art is for all the community. We are all Californians and Americans. The statue commemorates California becoming part of our grand union of states. There is nothing offensive about the flag raising statue. It’s the ideology of a few that has caused this diversion from the council’s truly important business of San Jose’s economy, safety, and livability. I hope you will push back against the disgruntled few with flawed understanding of San Jose history. I hope you will not accept shame or guilt that California became a part of the United States of America. I encourage you to reach out to the organizations listed below. These groups can inform you so a balanced perspective is made clear. You have a responsibility to be circumspect in your capacity as advisors to the mayor and city councilpersons who are the decision makers. Native Sons of the Golden West 414 Mason St., suite #300 San Francisco, Ca. 94102 Mr. Frank Deats E Clampus Vitus Mountain Charlie No. 1850 P. O. Box 23564 San Jose, Ca. 95153 [email protected] Santa Clara Co. California Pioneers [email protected] Respectfully, Tim Abney Hello Smita Garg, I am writing to oppose removal of the so called “Fallon Statue” and to direct your attention to an attack on California history. The scenario here is the city council being pressured by a minority of vocal special interest groups. One uninformed citizen whose letter to the San Jose Mercury newspaper suggested putting the statue for sale to scrap metal dealers and to leave the base in place as he writes it will be a reminder of the “politically incorrect” acts by Fallon as mayor of San Jose. So here are a few facts gleaned from the city council minutes during the year Fallon was mayor: streets were graded and graveled, the two schools were repaired and enlarged, bridges over the Guadalupe River were repaired, Oak Hill burying ground officially became the city’s cemetery, and the blight of roaming dogs and swine was brought under control. Hardly politically incorrect actions. The uninformed attach accusations and smears against Fallon in the absence of facts. There is no record or implication of persecution by Fallon against Californios or indigenous people. The statue does not represent the subjugation of Mexicans or native tribes. As Mayor Liccardo has noted, the San Jose council has many urgent and critical priorities, among those are a pandemic, a bad economy, homelessness, and gentrification. So why is he advocating to remove another statue? Is it his shiney object to deflect from these real problems? Obviously hauling away the Columbus statue from City Hall wasn’t enough to satisfy the haters. Is erasing San Jose history exactly what Liccardo and the city council want? That statue has absolutely nothing to do with racism, nothing. That’s a smear used by people with a divisive ideological agenda against the “other” for perceived failings of frail humans of any time period you might choose. There is a vile lie being circulated on change.org that Fallon was known to abuse, lynch, and slaughter Mexicans and native people. Fallon was not a racist. He was married to a Mexican. This tactic is used by those who have no facts to inflame and divide. Truth be told, the Californios in authority who settled this state had more opportunity for cruelty to the indigenous people than the immigrants from the east. The “art” piece that should be removed from public view is the Aztec serpent god in Chavez Plaza. Anyone who looks at it sees an ugly, black, cracked lump. It was to this pagan abomination the Aztecs slaughtered thousands of humans annually. Remove this hideous symbol of violence and genocide. Cesar Chavez was a devout Christian. Do you wonder what he would think of this statue? There will be no racial healing until individuals stop picking at the scab of “racial injustice”. A civil war 160 years ago was fought to end slavery in America. White people killed white people to free black people. America isn’t a racist country. Barack Obama was elected president twice. What we do have are leaders of a systemic ideology, such as the Latino Leadership Alliance and BLM, which discourages minorities to compete and achieve. Is it Thomas Fallon himself who the art fascists hate? It’s America that the detractors hate and label imperialistic. Fallon was ethnic Irish, a persecuted class in America of the 1840’s and much later decades. Fallon raised the American flag in San Jose, and the American flag was raised over numerous Californios villages and cities starting in 1846. Public art is for all the community. We are all Californians and Americans. The statue commemorates California becoming part of our grand union of states. There is nothing offensive about the flag raising statue. It’s the ideology of a few that has caused this diversion from the council’s truly important business of San Jose’s economy, safety, and livability. I hope you will push back against the disgruntled few with flawed understanding of San Jose history.