Seven years after his death California’s governor signed a law making Cesar Chavez’s birthday a state holiday. At the time I asked why? After all other than recognizing his efforts to unite farm workers what did he do? The answer is nothing. Famed union leaders like Walter Reuther, who led the UAW, has not been honored with a holiday nor has any other union leaders. My theory is that Black Americans have a holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and so we must give the same honor to someone who is Hispanic because those people need someone to honor. It was a bad idea when the law was passed and it is still a bad idea.
Since Cesar Chavez‘s birthday is March 31 and a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times ,GUSTAVO ARELLANO, tried to justify the holiday but really does not make the case.
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