But as Gov. Gavin Newsom and the city of Los Angeles have shown — by removing public statues of Serra with promises to replace them with monuments to the state’s Native Americans — sentiments change. Views about Serra were already evolving, with Native Americans and their allies arguing that Serra helped oversee a regime that was often brutal to Indigenous people and erased the languages and cultures of numerous tribes.
People are complicated, and perhaps especially so in the case of Serra. But the history in which he played a major role — converting Native Americans from their traditional beliefs, participating in stripping them of their lands and cultures, and opening up California to white expansionism — is no longer something California celebrates.
With all we’ve got to worry about these days, why bother making a fuss about a couple of statues? As a practical matter, that’s a legitimate question. Though visitors on Capitol tours — whichto the public these days — would see many of the statues, it’s unlikely that the works of art change anyone’s mind much about individual states.
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