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For over 20 years, I have been a loyal Good Day New York show viewer. We refused all other Fox news programs. I felt comfortable that this show was less politicized than other shows, and that there was space for me and my family. As a Bronx Latinx family of professionals, we raised our children laughing and learning about our city from Dave Price, Mike, Inez, Audrey, Lori, Rosanna, and more. Most recently, we have been dealt a blow to our people, heritage, history, legacy, and hope from Rosanna Scotto. Her persistent personal rants against equity changes to include Indigenous People Day in our holiday repertoire have been deeply offensive and unceasing across multiple weeks on Good Day New York shows. The original heritage of Caribbean peoples and Latin American people is indigenous. An indigenity all but wiped away from western consciousness by the violent supremacy of captivity, enslavement, genocide, burial, oppression, and suppression at the hand of Christopher Columbus and his mis-educational legacy. Columbus Day has been a yearly day of grief, and cultural dissonance for multi-racial Caribbean peoples who live as by-products of the abuses listed above, evidenced by our the color of our skin, thick and curl of our hair, shape of our face, and curve of our hips. The American history that lies in plan sight throughout our city, will no longer be suppressed by delusions of false heroism by Columbus. Italian-Americans can pride themselves on other moral, ethical, artistic, and musical contributors to society that have influenced the world, nation, science, and art of our city such as Galileo, Michaelangelo, Leonardo daVinci, Vivaldi, Pavarotti, or Andrea Bocelli. Unlike recognizing these greats, Italian-Americans celebrating Columbus Day is akin to celebrating a would-be Mussolini Day. Latinos (who carry dense Spaniard DNA & history) don’t celebrate Queen Isabella & King Ferdinand day for the same reason. I ask you- what are we actually celebrating here with Columbus Day (at all)? With every drop of our indigenous, Spaniard, and African blood, American heart, Puerto Rican soul, American citizenship, and New York City native residency, I ask you to remand Rosanna Scotto from using her seat to promote white supremacy in the name of Cristobal Columbus. May she maintain professionalism in separating her personal racist beliefs from her public journalism. We demand that Rosanna Scotto pay New Yorkers a deep apology for her offenses and mis-use of her platform. Thank you for brokering this Facebook space where diverse people of our city may be have voice. May NYC have wide breadth of knowledge, equity, justice, and God’s peace.