Advocates call for removal of mural at Santa Clara County courthouse in Palo Alto NBC 7 San Diego [Video]

The NAACP is calling for a mural to be removed from a Palo Alto courthouse, saying it’s racist and offensive.

The large mural depicts indigenous people kneeling in front of priests. It covers the high wall dividing two courtrooms on the first floor of the Santa Clara County Superior Court in Palo Alto.

The story was first reported by San Jose Spotlight.

Now, multiple groups want the mural removed or covered, calling it deeply offensive.

“No historical piece should be left up that reminds another culture or ethnicity that they have been marginalized,” said Raymond Goins, executive committee of the Silicon Valley Chapter of the NAACP.

Goins added that the mural, painted in the 1960s, showcases colonialism and belittles local indigenous people.

“So why would we want to endorse or have on view a portrait that reminds the native population that they were enslaved by their captors?” he said.

The chairwoman of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe wrote in a …