Politics · Mexico · 3 hrs ago
Memes mark Mexico’s 12 October Pluricultural Nation Day
Mexico marks 12 October as Pluricultural Nation Day.
The name replaced “Day of the Race” in official civic commemorations under a decree published in 2020 by then-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
The change did not alter labor laws.
The date recalls the first contact between Christopher Columbus’s expedition and the Indigenous peoples of the Americas in 1492.
Schools use the day to study the event and how its meaning has changed.
In Mexico City, it is also known as Indigenous Resistance Day.
People shared memes and jokes online about the former name, as debate over the country’s cultural diversity continued.
Mexico marked Pluricultural Nation Day on 12 October, with memes circulating on social media.
The commemorative name replaced the former “Day of the Race” in Mexico’s civic calendar.
A decree formalizing the change was issued by then-president Andrés Manuel López Obrador in 2020.
The date recalls the first contact between Christopher Columbus’s expedition and Indigenous peoples of the Americas in 1492.
In Mexico City, the day is also known as Indigenous Resistance Day.
- Who
- Social media users shared memes about the commemoration.
- What
- Mexico marked Pluricultural Nation Day, formerly known as the Day of the Race.
- When
- 12 October. The name change was formalized on 18 December 2020.
- Where
- Mexico; in Mexico City, the day is also known as Indigenous Resistance Day.
- Why
- The date recalls the first contact between Christopher Columbus’s expedition and Indigenous peoples of the Americas in 1492.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Christopher Columbus’s expedition made first contact with Indigenous peoples of the Americas, an event recalled on 12 October.
A decree issued by then-president Andrés Manuel López Obrador formalized the change from Day of the Race to Pluricultural Nation Day.
Social media users shared memes about the commemoration and its former name.
- Commemorative date
- 12 October
- Current name
- Pluricultural Nation Day
- Former name
- Day of the Race
- Decree published
- 18 December 2020
- Historical event recalled
- First contact in 1492 between Columbus’s expedition and Indigenous peoples of the Americas
- Mexico City name
- Indigenous Resistance Day
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