Existing Denver landmarks disproportionately highlight white male history. That's why city officials launched a study that identified more than 100 potential Mexican-American, Chicano, Latino cultural and historical sites.
Denver officials and historians understand that the vast majority of the city’s designated historic districts and landmarks represent a whitewashed version of its history but they’re working to rectify that lack of diversity.
In the past five decades, the Denver City Council has designated 56 historic districts and 352 individual landmarks, covering aExisting landmarks disproportionately highlight not just white history but also white male history, to the exclusion of almost all else, . As that diverse history is erased, so too is the sense of belonging and place for people belonging to the wide swathe of cultures and communities that call Denver home.identifies as Hispanic, city officials launched a study last year to identify a more diverse range of places, buildings and districts that have contributed to Denver’s history and culture.
The study, titled “Nuestras Historias: Mexican American/Chicano/Latino Histories in Denver,” identifies more than 100 undesignated sites and districts bearing historical and cultural significance. Those sites include places of religious, commercial, educational and political importance all across the city.
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