translated from Spanish: The popular consultation on the sculpture of “the builders” will also be held on August 1

Morelia, Michoacán.- The Supreme Indigenous Council of Michoacán (CSIM) reported that next Sunday, August 1, “the other consultation” will also be held, consulting the citizens of Morelia and the native peoples to decide the relocation or permanence of the sculpture of “the builders”, located at the beginning of the aqueduct in the Michoacan capital.
The CSIM states that this sculpture, far from recognizing those who contributed with their work, craft and art in the construction of Morelia, reveals what the colonial period historically meant for the indigenous peoples, representing a caste, racist and oppressive society, “turning this sculpture into a symbol of racism and slavery”, so they maintain that this symbol of domination and segregation, should not remain, but, in the least case, should be relocated.
The consultation will be held in Morelia on Sunday, August 1, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. through 3 Receiving Tables:
Mesa 1 Avenida Francisco I. Madero corner with Nigromante (next to the Colegio de San Nicolas).
Table 2 Plaza Morelos (Av. Tata Vasco 1, Colonia Vasco de Quiroga).
Table 3 Calzada San Diego (behind the source of the tarascas).
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The guiding question of the consultation will be Would you agree with the relocation of the “Sculpture of the Builders” that is located at the beginning of the Aqueduct of Morelia?
Finally, they sincerely and respectfully invite all the people of Morelia to participate in what they call the other consultation, the consultation against cultural discrimination.
It should be remembered that
Under the official history, in Morelia in 1995 was inaugurated the sculpture popularly known as “the builders of the city”, located at the beginning of the aqueduct, which far from recognizing those who contributed with their work, craft and art in the construction of Morelia, reveals what historically meant the period of the colony, represents a society of castes, racist and oppressive, turning this sculpture into a symbol of racism and slavery.
“In the historical memory of our peoples and communities, we do not forget the system of invasion, dispossession, slavery, discrimination and exploitation to which we were subjected for more than 300 years, so we maintain that the symbols of domination and segregation that sustain them, such as the sculpture of the builders, should not remain, they should in the least case, be relocated,” they said.

Original source in Spanish