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

by AJ Delgado | 11:42 am, March 31st, 2013INTERNET» 300 comments

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: