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California town proposes ban on Pride, Black and women’s history celebrations

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Far-right council members in Huntington Beach introduce agenda item to switch focus to US wars and America’s independence

California town proposes ban on Pride, Black and women’s history celebrations

Far-right council members in Huntington Beach introduce agenda item to switch focus to US wars and America’s independence

The southern California city of Huntington Beach, a bastion of conservative voters, has made the move to block diverse monthlong celebrations of Black history, women’s history and Pride, in favor of observing the revolutionary and civil wars, California’s history and America’s independence.

An agenda item introduced on 19 December forbids any programming that pertains to previously established honorary celebrations for women, people of color and LGBTQ+ groups from taking place on city-owned property, including libraries, or of being featured in city communications such as social media posts, according to Natalie Moser, a city council member who voted against the action.

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  • And no one inside city limits with skin darker than a peach better leave before the sun goes down.

    • I suspect you may be eating your peaches before they're fully ripe, just saying.

      • I don't think I am.

        Does that look as dark as the average black person's skin?

        • Inwas thinking the red on the peaches skin, I like mine to be ripened to mostly-red

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