The Columbus Day Debate
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The second Monday in October has traditionally been known as Columbus Day in honor of the Italian explorer's "discovery" of the Americas on October 12, 1492. However, the US federal holiday, which will be celebrated on October 11 this year, has always been controversial due to the European settlers' cruel treatment of the Native American people.
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sunny50703년 이상I think it should we changed it to indigenous peoples day.
techfashion03153년 이상I totally agree.
biabopeep3년 이상I agree!
tyde3년 이상i don't think it should be celebrated.- superiorasher3년 이상europeans sure did change the world by stabbing a lot of native americans
- superiorasher3년 이상but why / just for slaves and gold?
mrparrish3년 이상They need to change it.- mrparrish3년 이상It does need to be changed.
ns1746413년 이상I think the should keep it the same because its rewriting history #KeepTheName
lucassinclair3년 이상I totally agree with you #KeepTheName
futuresolutions3년 이상I don't see the bother of making it such a big deal. People have the choice of celebrating it or not, it's not like anyone is forcing anyone to celebrate it. I think we should all just stop arguing and go our separate ways. Just leave it as "Columbus Day" and you can choose weather or not to celebrate it. It is really not that big of a deal. I hope you realize that this all took place a long time ago, and it cannot be changed, even if it was a terrible thing to do to the Native Americans. Some of the Native Americans (Not all) were cannibals, by the way. I may sound very one sided, here (sorry bout that, I don't know how to get my point across any other way), but just leave "Columbus Day" as it is, and do what you want with it, we don't have to eliminate it completely. Please don't get mad about my opinion, I just see it ridiculous to argue about something that has stayed the same for a long time, and not only that, but it is one day. One day out of the 365 (Unless it's a leap year).- lucassinclair3년 이상YUP totally agree that it should be like that
zionlion3년 이상I agree with you
teacherapple3년 이상This is a great article! In my opinion, Columbus Day is inappropriate with the information we know. You cannot discover a place where people have been living for centuries just because it's the first time you, or your friends, knew about it. By this logic, I could discover and take a watch from someone's wrist just because it's the first time I've seen it. Of course, we wouldn't do this because it's stealing, that's exactly what happened to the indigenous people of America.
100letters2년 이상I completely agree!- mrparrish3년 이상I think we should change it.
- ns1746413년 이상Yea but changing it would be like rewriting history
- lucassinclair3년 이상yup sure would be i think it should still be Columbus Day we are erasing history #KeepItColumbusDay
kittywwii3년 이상That's true but this was something that the entire world was donig, though you have a good point, but, in their eyes this "New Land" was up for grabs, I know it seems like I'm defending the Europeans and everyone else but I don't think what they did was either, when we won over the Native Americans we should have given them more land, they were there's first and are Amercans, they should have the same opportunities we have.
catwwii3년 이상They should leave it Columbus day, he discovered two contents and nobody put two and two together until after he died, Columbus was still the first european to set foot in America, and of course he sent a note to the queen about slaves, at the time that's just what was normal then, and yes they shouldn't have treated the Native Americans like that but they weren't all mean to them, they can make an Indegenous People day any other day, Christopher Columbus deserves a "holiday"
saphege_ems3년 이상i think the name's fine (i dont rly care about the day personally) but i will that while columbus LANDED near america in the west indies, he didn't even know it was new. he thought he was in the Indies near Asia (explaining why we call native americans indians) but he in san salvador in the west indies. Amerigo Vespucci found that columbus landed at a new continent and that's why we call the New World North America and South America. #AmerigoDay- 100letters2년 이상EXACTLY! He thought he was in India.