Flashback: Kamala Harris Backs Push to Rename Columbus Day ‘Indigenous People’s Day’

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HARRIS: “We have to remember history. And this question, I think, really is connected to the last question about our morals and -- and our -- and our compass, and our goals, and our aspirations. We have to remember our history. Uncomfortable, to your point about truth, though it may make us. So last week -- so we wrote a bill in my office, OK, 200 years, couldn't get past the United States Senate, we wrote a bill to make lynching a federal crime. (Applause) It finally got passed -- (Laughter) -- in the Senate, it's still going over to the House. But here's the thing. Here's the thing. Here's the thing. Why, you ask? Why, you ask in the year of our Lord, 2019 only, is this happening? And part of it is because people did not want to deal and accept and, most importantly, admit that we are the scene of a crime when it comes to what we did with slavery and Jim Crow and institutionalized racism in this country. (Applause) And we have to be honest about that. We have to be honest. (Applause) We have to be honest. (Applause) Because if we're not honest, we are, one, not going to deal with the vestiges of all of that harm. And we're not going to correct course. And we're not going to be true to our values and our morals. And so, similarly, when it comes to Indigenous Americans, the Indigenous people, there is a lot of work that we still have to do. And I appreciate and applaud your point and your effort and count me in on support.” (Applause)