Thread: What Easter? Google Ignores Holiday, Instead Commemorates Cesar Chavez

What Easter? Google Ignores Holiday, Instead Commemorates Cesar Chavez

by AJ Delgado | 11:42 am, March 31st, 2013 Internet



Google’s homepage is known for its ‘Doodles‘ — temporary changes to its homepage logo to commemorate certain days. As defined by Google, its homepage changes are meant “to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists, pioneers, and scientists.”

But on Easter Sunday, a day celebrated by over one billion around the world and by the vast majority of Americans, Google’s homepage is mum on the holiday. Instead, Google chose to commemorate Big Labor icon Cesar Chavez. (In 2011, President Obama designated March 31 as Cesar Chavez day.)

Meanwhile, the search-engine’s chief competitor, Bing, chose to honor the holiday with a display of multi-cultural Easter eggs. While the image is largely secular (understandable for an inclusive celebration), Bing’s homepage at least acknowledges the holiday.

Google has previously received criticism for ignoring Christian holidays, including its refusal to include the word ‘Christmas’ on its December 25th logos or sometimes not even changing the logo on December 25th at all.

Many on Twitter are declaring their intent to boycott Google. Others simply found it strange.

Google’s homepage has steadfastly refused to acknowledge Easter for several years, while choosing to celebrate a myriad of little-known events and holidays. Click here for Google’s own ‘Doodles’ directory, where you may view the wide variety of Google’s homepage odes, by year, dating back to 1998. Curiously, it honored St. Patrick’s Day earlier this month. So, St. Patrick’s Day? Yes. Easter? No.

Perhaps most interesting is that, despite President Obama’s understandable declaration of a day to commemorate a Latino icon, Chavez remains a highly divisive figure. The co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union was reportedly a staunch opponent of illegal immigration, known to personally patrol the border and even report illegal immigrants to the INS. During a time when the nation ponders immigration reform, Cesar Chavez is perhaps more controversial than ever. And the greatest irony is that Chavez, a devout Catholic, would likely be one of those most upset by Google’s shunning of Easter in his favor.

What Easter? Google Ignores Holiday, Instead Commemorates Cesar Chavez | Mediaite

I no longer use Google, opting for Yahoo or Bing instead.

Here's why Google is honoring Chavez today-- Presidential Proclamation -- Cesar Chavez Day | The White House

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César Chávez and his history of violence against illegal aliens

• Cesar Chavez
• March 31, 2013
• By: Timothy Whiteman

Google celebrates César Chávez on Easter Sunday vice the Ressurection of Christ.

Is a national holiday on the horizon for the man that instituted "wet lines"?
As the states of Arizona, California, Colorado and Texas cite the last day of March as César Chávez Day, the internet search engine giant Google is also citing the official holiday of the founder and former leader of the United Farm Workers (UFW) union on it's main page, as reported by The Daily Caller (via Google News) on March 31, 2013.
Choosing to highlight an official holiday recognized by only a handful of states instead of an official holiday recognized by all 55 states, territories and commonwealths as well as the federal government, reporter Patrick Howley of The Daily Caller stated:

"While Google frequently decorates its logo to celebrate various holidays and special events, it is unclear why the company chose specifically to honor Chavez’s birthday, instead of Easter Sunday."

Perhaps the rationale could be the clarion call sounded by then Senator Barack Obama, who in 2008 called for a national holiday in Chávez's honor, saying:

"Chávez left a legacy as an educator, environmentalist, and a civil rights leader. And his cause lives on.
As farm workers and laborers across America continue to struggle for fair treatment and fair wages, we find strength in what César Chávez accomplished so many years ago.
And we should honor him for what he's taught us about making America a stronger, more just, and more prosperous nation.
That's why I support the call to make César Chávez's birthday a national holiday. It's time to recognize the contributions of this American icon to the ongoing efforts to perfect our union."

The Chávez Legacy Of Violence Towards Illegals...
Yet what has been overlooked by the vast majority of news organs and politicians in the United States, was the violence Chávez advocated against farm workers who entered the United States illegally.
As chronicled by Ruben Navarrette, Jr. of the San Diego Union Tribune who reported on March 30, 2005:

"Despite the fact that Chávez is these [present] days revered among Mexican-American activists, the labor leader in his day was no more tolerant of illegal immigration than the Arizona Minutemen are now.
Worried that the hiring of illegal immigrants drove down wages, Chávez – according to numerous historical accounts – instructed union members to call the Immigration and Naturalization Service to report the presence of illegal immigrants in the fields and demand that the agency deport them.
UFW officials were even known to picket INS offices to demand a crackdown on illegal immigrants."

The "Wet Line" Attacks And The Chávez Campaign Of Terror...
Navarrette went on to report:

"And in 1973, in one of the most disgraceful chapters in UFW history, the union set up a 'wet line' to prevent Mexican immigrants from entering the United States.
Under the guidance of Chávez's cousin, Manuel, UFW members tried at first to convince the immigrants not to cross. When that didn't work, they physically attacked the immigrants and left some bloody in the process.
At the time, The Village Voice said that the UFW conducted a 'campaign of random terror against anyone hapless enough to fall into its net.'"
http://www.examiner.com/article/c-sar-ch-vez-and-his-history-of-violence-against-illegal-aliens

by Ben Shapiro 31 Mar 2013, 2:13 PM PDT
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Last night Pacific Time, Breitbart News reported that Google was featuring a Doodle of labor leader Cesar Chavez … on Easter. We also suggested that Google would “likely switch out to an Easter logo sometime today.” We were apparently in error. The day is nearly done, and Google is still featuring Cesar Chavez.

Aside from being a labor leader, Chavez was a devout Catholic. It is doubtful that he would have been happy with Google’s decision to feature his face over a tribute to the most holy day of the year in the Christian calendar.

Update: Google Sticks with Chavez Logo All Easter Day

Google creates controversy with Cesar Chavez doodle

Published April 01, 2013
FoxNews.com

Google’s decision to mark Easter Sunday with a doodle of leftist icon Cesar Chavez atop its search engine angered some users in what they see as a snub of Jesus on the day Christians mark his resurrection.

Google defended the decision by saying it reserves the spot for historical figures and events, but a review of its past doodles shows it has never honored Jesus on Christmas or Easter, despite his historical and spiritual significance to billions around the world.

“I thought the Chavez-google thing was a hoax or an early April Fool's Day prank,” Fox News contributor Dana Perino tweeted. “ ... are they just going to leave that up there all day?”

The Daily Caller website also chimed in, noting the establishing ties between Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt and the Obama administration.

“While Google frequently decorates its logo to celebrate various holidays and special events, it is unclear why the company chose specifically to honor Chavez’s birthday, instead of Easter Sunday,” the website read.

In 2011, President Obama proclaimed each March 31 to be designated Cesar Chavez Day in honor of the co-founder of the United Farm Workers union. The civil rights activist died in 1993 at age 66.

“Through boycotts and fasts, he led others on a path of nonviolence conceived in careful study of the teachings of St. Francis of Assisi and Mahatma Gandhi, and in the powerful example of Martin Luther King, Jr.,” the presidential proclamation said of the Arizona-born civil-rights leader.

Glenn Beck also noted the perceived slight in a message that retweeted at least 360-plus times.

“Cool for Google to not celebrate Easter but really?!!? Go to http://google.com,” Beck wrote. “HAPPY Caesar Chavez day everybody!”

Microsoft’s Bing, in contrast, featured brightly-colored Easter eggs on its main search page on Sunday. But Google, which last illustrated an Easter doodle in 2000, downplayed the controversy.

“We enjoy celebrating holidays at Google but, as you may imagine, it's difficult for us to choose which events to highlight on our site,” a Google spokesperson told the Washington Post on Sunday. “Sometimes for a given date, we feature an historical event or influential figure that we haven't in the past.”

The California-based Mexican Heritage Festival, however, praised the selection.

“Bravo Google for honoring Cesar, a man of faith and peace on this Easter Sunday,” the organization tweeted.

Others, meanwhile, took the opportunity to poke fun at the sometimes-surprising way Google alters its logo on its ubiquitous search engine.

“Google's Cesar Chavez doodle controversy: Much adoodle about nothing?” Karen Lopez asked.

Google has created more than 1,000 doodles since 1998, when the concept was born when company founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin altered the logo to indicate their attendance at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert.

“Doodles are the fun, surprising, and sometimes spontaneous changes that are made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists, pioneers, and scientists,” a Google website reads.

The ideas for the doodles come from several sources, including Google users.

“The doodle selection process aims to celebrate interesting events and anniversaries that reflect Google's personality and love for innovation,” the website continues.

A search of Google's past doodles for words like "Jesus" produced zero results.

Google creates controversy with Cesar Chavez doodle | Fox News