Columbus Day Or Indigenous Peoples' Day? You Decide!
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Columbus Day, which is celebrated annually on the second Monday of October to honor the Italian explorer credited with “discovering” the Americas, has always been somewhat of a controversial holiday. That’s because while Christopher Columbus stumbled upon what we now call the Caribbean on October 12, 1492, he never set foot on the mainland – even on his subsequent three journeys. Besides, North America had already been “discovered” by the Native Americans, who had been living there for many generations.
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- passsage !약 7년LOve history
- passsage !약 7년I reley like this passege !
- yg약 7년nice one
wolfdog약 7년LETS CHANGE CHRISTMAS. um no, same thing with Columbus.
deweyduck약 7년CHANGE CHRISTMAS!?!?!? WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD ANYONE DO THAT!?!?!?! Christmas is about celebrating Christ's birth, not snow.( I don't even get snow in California.)- wolfdog약 7년EXACTLY. Why change Columbus? IT'S NOT ABOUT HIM SLAYING PEOPLE IT'S ABOUT HIM MAKING THE NEW WORLD WHAT IT IS TODAY!
- wolfdog약 7년Guys Africa was part of the oldworld, so Europe already had slaves/servants.
- wolfdog약 7년so like, how is that new?
- Snnnrr약 7년Indigenous People Day,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- A person약 7년Columbus thought the Earth was a pear shape
- wolfdog약 7년And so did Europe. And the Americas. Nobody thought the earth was round during the 1400s
ooessayforeva약 7년actually the Greeks knew the earth was round way before Columbus was even born. And the only reason columbus set off on his voyage was bc he knew the earth was round- wolfdog7년 이하No the other Europeans told him he would fall off so he took the chance :')
- ooessayforeva6년 이상I think that we agree on most of this topic, but one thing I would like to say is that Columbus was looking for a way to Asia for spices and since he knew the Earth was round he would just sail west he would eventually find it, and he THOUGHT he found India, hence the name Indians. Little did he know he was not in Asia but the Caribbean
- Corgibean약 7년I think Colambus day is unfair to other people so thay would have it as important peoples day (or what they said)
- wolfdog약 7년well Christmas is unfair to other cultures. Should we call it 'Snow day'. See my point.
- mooo coo약 7년it is ok
- Uganda lady약 7년Same here