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I asked El Paso Independent School District Trustee Freddy Klayel-Avalos who led the effort to rename Lee Elementary why he thinks that El Paso, a city with a disproportionately Hispanic population, has such a high number of sites named after non-Hispanic white people men, mostly.

Anglo-American figures were seen as the predominant figures. It attracted probably 3, El Paso members. Probably the most prominent member was Tom Lea Sr. Lea Sr. Romo said the influence of the KKK was far-reaching among local leaders during this time. The police department as well; there were about a dozen policemen that were outed at that time. The majority of them were white slave owners. Davy Crockett fought in the Tallussahatchee massacre , in which more than Creek Indians died.

James Bowie spent some time working as a slave trader, in addition to being a slave owner. Stephen F. Voting to rename Robert E. Lee Elementary has re-opened previous conversations about the appropriateness of having schools named for slave owners, Confederates and colonizers. He said several people have reached out to him about the possibility of renaming Austin High School. EPISD spokesperson Gustavo Reveles emphasized that the school district is very willing to engage in discussions about the appropriateness of school names, and leaving it up to the community whether or not names should be changed.

Our legacy has been erased. Do you know the names of the indigenous people who were here before the Spaniards arrived? Colonization, mental colonization.

Now 67 and retired in El Paso, Stallworth recalled how pervasive racism was in El Paso during the late s and early s. I remember one incident in particular, I was on the bus coming from Austin High School heading home.

And I was fooling around with some Mexican friends of mine. One girl was brushing her hair. Should we come to church on Sunday? Is gathering a good idea? Should I go to Walmart? You cannot surrender to fear. Most were religious institutions in need of help making their facilities more secure. In fiscal year , 2, organizations applied, the agency told NBC News. Black Americans and Muslim Americans have long ranked among the most freqent victims of hate crimes.

Both realities do not have to be explained to Tahirah Amatul-Wadud. Women in Islamberg have committed to a buddy system that means never leaving the property alone. And while most continue to wear hijabs , few wear the colorful ankle-length abayas that had been customary off the property. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Prominent Chicano muralists from all over the country boarded a tour bus and toured South El Paso looking at murals.

We got off to see the murals at Bowie, and Paul Strelzin, the principal there at that time, met us.

When the artists saw the Alamo hero-themed murals they pointed out the irony of those depictions at a Chicano high school. He brushed off their implications. Fannin was a slave trader. Doniphan massacred Mexicans during the Mexican American War. Every statue of Jesus depicts him as a tall thin white guy with flowing straight hair.

If he existed at all, he probably was a short, squat, brown guy with curly black hair. We have a lot of correcting to do. If you want to get down to it, Texas itself was founded by a bunch of illegal immigrants that essentially were squatters in the Mexican state of Tejas and refused to leave when ordered to do so.

Is it racist to be white and have a website named elchuqueno filled with ethnic stories of how a white person travels through life in a Hispanic world? Or is that just white privilege? It must be nice to have so many fingers to point at everyone else. Although it has been closed since , Alamo Elementary is the oldest standing school structure in this county.

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