Any schools in Virginia
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Anonymous
| Still called the holiday October 10th the Columbus Day ? |
Anonymous
| Probably the Catholic schools, the Catholics are the ones behind the holiday in the first place |
Anonymous
| I just checked my old Catholic school's academic calendar and yep, they're still calling it Columbus Day |
Anonymous
| The state official recognizes it as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, so that’s what public schools will call it. |
Anonymous
This prompted me to do the same. Yep—still Columbus Day. |
Anonymous
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“ Christopher Columbus, the man credited with discovering the Americas, was a greedy and vindictive tyrant who saved some of his most violent punishments for his own followers, according to a document uncovered by Spanish historians.
As governor and viceroy of the Indies, Columbus imposed iron discipline on the first Spanish colony in the Americas, in what is now the Caribbean country of Dominican Republic. Punishments included cutting off people's ears and noses, parading women naked through the streets and selling them into slavery.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/aug/07/books.spain Seems like a swell guy! Definitely worth valorizing over the people he oppressed. |
Anonymous
Er, you think Columbus Day was about who the man was rather than the historical significance of what he did? No wonder you're so eager to change it. |
Anonymous
What did he do, exactly? Please excuse my ignorance! |
Anonymous
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It's listed as "Columbus Day" holiday on my Federal govt official calendar.
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Anonymous
He discovered America /s |
Anonymous
It was a discovery for the Europeans! You know, the ones that ultimately started the colonies which became the USA. Do you like living here in these Americas? Because though flat- earthers still exists, the majority of the world knows the earth is round because of Christopher Columbus' documentation and discoveries. Also, please know that just like many civilizations, Indigenous people were no saints either. They fought and killed over land and committed many other atrocities just like the Romans, the barbarians, the chinese, african civilizations, the indians, and just about every civilization ever. So if CC can't be celebrated, then everyone is guilty. We should celebrate no one. |
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Anonymous
"Columbus didn’t 'discover' America — he never set foot in North America. During four separate trips that started with the one in 1492, Columbus landed on various Caribbean islands that are now the Bahamas as well as the island later called Hispaniola. He also explored the Central and South American coasts. But he didn’t reach North America, which, of course, was already inhabited by Native Americans, and he never thought he had found a new continent." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2013/10/14/christopher-columbus-3-things-you-think-he-did-that-he-didnt/
"Columbus didn’t set out to prove the earth was round. Forget those myths perpetuated by everyone from Washington Irving to Bugs Bunny. There was no need for Columbus to debunk the flat-earthers—the ancient Greeks had already done so. As early as the sixth century B.C., the Greek mathematician Pythagoras surmised the world was round, and two centuries later Aristotle backed him up with astronomical observations. By 1492 most educated people knew the planet was not shaped like a pancake." https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-christopher-columbus
Maybe I was sick the day they taught history in history class, but haven't there been more than a few historical figures who never "fought and killed over land and committed many other atrocities"? Let's celebrate some of them instead! Not some greedy tyrant whose rule was so brutal and terrible that even Inquisition-era Spain stripped him of his governorship and had him arrested. |
Anonymous
As it should be. OP is a nutball. |
Anonymous
for asking a question?! |