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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- Volleygirl약 7년I vote Columbus day!☺
ajg16약 7년So many good points on either sides makes my head spin- Wolfdog약 7년Everybody is only saying one side! You people should also note about the South American tribe's 'traditions' to their gods! >:(
- Wolfdog약 7년CC discovered the new worlds for Europe, so then the English knew about this and went to North America. Duh.
- Wolfdog약 7년@OrangeSauce if you could become rich with gold and jewels and had an easy advantage without paying millions of dollars, what would you do? 😑
- Wolfdog약 7년(Not logged into my account once more!) @Default there would be no Spanish Dominican Republic! There would be no Dominican Republic, if it wasn't conquered by Spain. Do you really wish such a beautiful language would've never existed? Also, my mother is Dominican. So I automatically jumped to this.
orangesauce약 7년So, I read something earlier, and it said that Chris used the natives for loot and slavery! Dude, NOT COOL! >:(- thisguy878약 7년And so did the Southern half of United States in the 19th century. And like, hundreds of other civilizations.
- Catie geyer약 7년Changing the name is a good idea because Columbus had brought the Spanish army on one of his trips which killed and enslaved the native people. Changing the name to “indigenous people day” is a good idea!!
hood약 7년That is so sad- jjjjjjj약 7년thats sad