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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wolfdog6년 이상He came. He saw. He conquered.- jt6년 이상I think that it should not be named Columbus day. Columbus did horrible things to native Americans. ):
- Me6년 이상Columbus Day is fine who cares what San Francisco thinks or any other “indigenous people day”
- Tina6년 이상i love this stuff dont you
- wolfdog6년 이상It is also hypercritical to erase Columbus day when plenty of other holidays we celebrate have had dark origins.
- wolfdog6년 이상He also changed Spanish history and many other Western European history for generations in a positive impact. He helped transform Europe and it's knowledge of the Old World and beyond. Just because it was an accident doesn't mean it's not important, it was VERY important. It also made a path for building America, because if England hadn't known the New World existed, I don't know where the USA would be. Frankly, many Europeans were very friendly but the problem is people only see the bad. When there is just so much good that came out of this, most importantly for the Europeans (and even Asia and Africa) In the end, we still have Native Americans modern-day. So they are still around, and I don't believe saying 'Native Americans were enslaved' is a good answer. Innocent Europeans were also shot when they stepped onto the Native American's LAND. Just stepping foot! Both sides have many flaws, but it worked out in the ending, resulting in creating many new countries and people.
- A person6년 이상i need to do a summer about this with clam, reason,evidence.counterargument,and conclusion and thx alot it gonna be easy now sike i dont even under stand what this article was about
- arseama 6년 이상sup yall
- K6년 이상I feel like we should honor the people that were here before us and not some guy who took all the credit for there hard work.
- wolfdog6년 이상One guy did not take all the credit. It is impossible for one man to enslave MILLIONS of people, obviously the Native Americans seemed lesser than the Europeans and the Europeans took that to their advantage. It was the 1400s what'd you expect?
emilyarmer약 6년Good point wolfdog
alexc310약 6년I agree
- penguine girl6년 이상amazing