After pushing to remove the city's statues of controversial historical figures, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has been snubbed by organizers of the Bronx Columbus Day Parade. One committee member has even derided the Italian-American mayor as a "fake Italian." De Blasio's statue task force was appointed in August in response to the white nationalist riot in Charlottesville, Va., which was sparked by a dispute over whether that city should remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The task force will determine if any city monuments honor historical figures who are now regarded as “oppressive and inconsistent with the values of New York City,” the New York Times reported. Politicians in Los Angeles; Portland; Maine; and elsewhere have recently abolished Columbus Day and replaced it with Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

Source: Fox News October 04, 2017 10:18 UTC