The City Council today agreed with a proposal to look at designating Hyde and Jackson Squares as an official Latin Quarter, in recognition of the Latinos who have long called the area home.
City Councilor Matt O'Malley (Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury), who said he fondly recalled the bilingual Christmas-eve massses at Blessed Sacrament, sponsored the measure to begin looking at an official designation. In 2007, the council agreed with a resolution to unofficially designate Centre from Hyde Square to Jackson Square as la Avenida de las Americas.
O'Malley said Latin American immigrants have been moving to the area for 60 years, said 40% of the residents along the street speak Spanish in their homes and that 65% of the 125 businesses along the street are owned by immigrants.
Councilor Ayanna Pressley (at large) praised the idea, saying it would not only honor the residents, but possibly spur action to keep them from being gentrified out of the area and even attract tourists to the stretch.
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Good one...
By MatthewC
Thu, 02/25/2016 - 8:46am
And quite the expected response. It's really no different than when a conservative Trump voter gets all fired up when someone dares speak an opinion that *gasp* differs from their own.
Good post Matthew! I totally
By Ann
Thu, 02/25/2016 - 9:12am
Good post Matthew! I totally agree.
outside acknowledgement?
By ElizaLeila
Thu, 02/25/2016 - 11:33am
Maybe it's because people like to feel acknowledged? I don't know. I guess I need a British American section. Yeah, I know, it's all of America. But I need SIGN!
;-)
It's all of America?
By MatthewC
Thu, 02/25/2016 - 11:54am
I'm not British-American. My family came over from Ireland. However, I'm not obsessed with hyphenating my nationality. I'm fine being simply "American". For whatever reason, a large part of the progressive platform seems to be focused on keeping people separated by [insert where they or their ancestors came from here]-American. Also, outside recognition for what, exactly? Existing? Being born in a certain place to a certain ethnicity? Whoopdy-doo! It's nonsense.
I love, appreciate and will
By anon
Thu, 02/25/2016 - 1:09pm
I love, appreciate and will never stop embracing my Lation hertiage, you do what you want.
P.S.
By anon
Thu, 02/25/2016 - 1:10pm
P.S.
Papito, uh "America" would include the rest of North America, Central and South America or no? You sound real salty
Ok...
By MatthewC
Sun, 02/28/2016 - 12:57am
No one is telling you that you can't be proud of who you are. I'm certainly not saying that. It sounds like you think that just because I'm white, I'm trying to oppress you. That's pretty racist for you to make that presumption. I honestly don't give a shit who you are, what you do, or what you think. As long as you're not infringing on my civil liberties or the civil liberties of other Americans, then I couldn't give a shit less about whatever it is that you do or think.
And you're wrong. "American" is accepted as being from the United States. Other areas of the Western Hemisphere use "America" to refer to a region. Any other questions?
Like I said: I don't know
By ElizaLeila
Thu, 02/25/2016 - 1:20pm
Self Esteem? Who knows.
My family came over from England some time in the 16- or 1700's, I'd have to ask my librarian aunt who has done our family genealogy. I think she said it was a single mother with her young son and she came from Malden, England to Malden, MA. So of course I'm happy with being American - of the United States variety of North America.
Self esteem?
By MatthewC
Sun, 02/28/2016 - 1:02am
What kind of weak minded mouse needs to have their self esteem inflated by fantasizing about where people they never even met came from? My family came here from Ireland via Canada. And you know what? I don't care. Maybe I'm a callous asshole, but I honestly don't care. We're Americans. And if that makes people uncomfortable, then they can move.
Nah
By ElizaLeila
Mon, 02/29/2016 - 9:13am
Nah, you just seem pretty cranky. I'm throwing ideas out for why and you just respond with "Well WTF" and "I'm not, therefore it makes no sense that others are."
Maybe you should just stop for a little while. Go out in today's sunshine and relax a bit.
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