Columbus Day Or Indigenous Peoples' Day? The Debate Rages On
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Columbus Day, which is commemorated annually on the second Monday in October, has been a US federal holiday since 1934. However, the celebration, honoring Christopher Columbus's arrival to the Americas, has always been somewhat controversial due to the European settlers' brutal treatment of the Native American people. It has also been argued that the indigenous people had already "discovered" America by the time Columbus landed on the Bahamian island he named San Salvador on October 12, 1492.
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gold3nglare약 5년I know it's not Thanksgiving yet, but I have dressed up like a Native american!
fosterkeefe약 5년Columbus shouldn't have been to the people who helped him! He is overrated. I read that Columbus made all the people who helped him settle into their land his slaves! What did they do to deserve it?!
patricianfosure약 5년Columbus day- gold3nglare약 5년i disagree with you.
ponyprincess약 5년Me too. It should be indigenous people's day because what did Columbus do? He killed almost an entire population that's what.
sokeefe_forever약 5년Not the whole population, though he did take slaves also, which I don't agree with, but what I think is people should be able to celebrate what they want. I mean, you can't really just remove an entire Holliday from the calendars because that would be confusing, but the simple way to resolve would be to mark it down as "Columbus Day, or Indigenous Peoples Day" or "Indigenous Peoples day (Columbus Day)" or vice versa.
zaks약 5년He did kill some of them but not that many.
- cchcyx463약 5년Columbus Day is my pick
rokahanu-160270610713약 5년I wish Columbus new about the sickness that they carried so all of those Native Americans did not die
dtjaet6jt약 5년yea so so sad
doggielover23약 5년I think Columbus should have been nicer also- cchcyx463약 5년I think that without columbus i wouldn't be here
christhebeast27약 5년Why did they even create columbus day?- liz_legend_13약 4년It was supposed the be about Italian-American heritage with Columbus as a symbol, but turned into calling Columbus a hero. First, he never stepped foot on American soil. Second, he was never American. So why have this holiday? I don't know.
- namzy약 5년I think it should stay as columbus day because that is how people have celebreated it for years.
finnick_odair약 5년no i dont think so
panda1011234567약 5년I think Columbus should have treated the people who truly founded America better.- dogofan99약 5년Columbus doesn't deserve a holiday because he was mean