Another state abandons Columbus Day. What do you think of the idea? [cnn.com]
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Can't happen soon enough. Should be national. Columbus landed on the island of Hispanola and never made it to the US (thank heavens). He opened the door for terrible abuses, discrimination, and Imperialistic excessive with his arrival.
He was the first to contact the King and Queen of Spain and the Vatican officials suggesting the taking of natives as slaves. He mistreated and abused the residents of Hispanola, so much so the the tribe he encountered today is extinct.
This is National Indigenous Day, or 527 Years of Cultural Survival Day.
t1nick
Level 8
Oct 10, 2019
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Before I retired many years ago the union traded Columbus Day for a personal holiday that we could take any time we wanted such as our birthday.
dare2dream
Level 7
Oct 10, 2019
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my city has already dropped Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous People's Day.
BitFlipper
Level 8
Oct 10, 2019
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Indigenous day would be better.
Although, I don't want to carry regrets from what my forfathers did. Don't even want to regret Remenberan Day that my uncle fought in.
Your happiness from two most two things.
Is our health and what we can forget.
Or call it Chinese Day, Americans did not harm them that much. They discovered America in 1421.
I don't think Columbus should be celebrated. Do you? If so, why? Also believe we should be taught truth in history. We're not. Shameful to me.
jniece
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Oct 10, 2019
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Columbus was first at
- First pirate to North America
- Second European to discover America, maybe 3rd
- First to bring back slaves from North America
- First to start the Gold Rush, from their gold teeth.
- First to start native genocide, largest in human history.
- First to bring Christainity, how is that working?
- First to call them Indians, change to natives later.
Love the truth, could go on, but I don't like hate mail.
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