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California State University To Move ‘Prospector Pete’ Statute Due To Gold Rush’s Impact On Indigenous People

Ashe Schow

Classes have only been in session a few weeks and already we’re back to demands to change campuses because decades-old buildings or statues now represent oppression.

Today’s example comes from California State University-Long Beach, where students have complained that the Prospector Pete statue must go because he represents the Gold Rush, a time now, apparently, associated more with attacks against Native Americans than searching for gold.

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