Columbus Day dawned on the good ‘ol United States of America today. As this day draws to an end, I can’t help but wonder how ridiculous it is that we still celebrate this sad excuse of a holiday. Columbus Day is not only petty, it’s actually sick (to me) that we still give it recognition.
Don’t worry, I’ll make this one short and sweet, as the little information provided speaks for itself and speaks volumes.
We ultimately celebrate someone who didn’t even actually discover America, while basically supporting genocide and ethnic cleansing. Allow me to explain:
Based off of multiple sources, Columbus wasn’t the first to America. Humans known as the Clovis people walked across the Bering Strait from Siberia into Alaska. Even Leif Ericsson had marked his territory before Columbus, amongst others.
In 1492, Columbus set sail and arrived in the Caribbean. This is the date that many Native Americans mark as the day he shall be held in contempt for performing genocide amongst their people. According to his journal, on his first day in the New World, he ordered six of the natives to be seized, as he “believed they would be good servants.”
Columbus was a prominent sailor and explorer, and that was the extent of what he had going for him. He was a prime example as to what “white privilege” would amount to in our present day and is also a prime example of an ethnic cleansing practice. It’s also in my opinion that this day should very much be retired.
Emphasis on Columbus arriving the Caribbean. We must understand that Columbus never stepped foot in what we know to be the United States today. In our society when people refer to Native Americans we tend to think of the Native Americans in the U.S.
Native Americans in the U.S. have no reason to be mad at Columbus because their ancestors where never harmed, not until many years later when the Spaniards expanded New Spain with colonizers such as Don Antonio de Mendoza, Fransisco Vasquez de Coronado, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and more (early 1500’s). Then of course you have the French and British Settlers that also took a lot of land.
Columbus as an example of “White Privilege” is way off. Columbus is just an example of someone who has power. Like the moors who invaded Spain, or the French who invaded Egypt. Our history in mankind has been filled with invasions and expansions of territory and kingdoms. Yes the Native Americans when through that, As well as the Aztecs, Toltecs, Mayas etc. Back in their day, they would consider it as a good thing. Yeah If we compared everything to our modern day, then practically anyone in the past could have been evil.
I’m not defending Columbus, I’m just knocking some sense into readers heads before they make any false accusations on how Native Americans (In the U.S.) has been victims of genocide. Ya’ll should be mad at the French and the British in this case.
As for the Latinos, they’re more pissed at Hernan Cortez than Cristopher Columbus. Nobody really cares for Columbus since Cortez wiped out cities with the help of the Malinche.
Here’s some news, Latin America celebrates Día de la Raza. It doesn’t make any sense why the U.S. even celebrates Columbus day in the first place. There’s hardly any connection with him and the United States.
P.S. Please don’t try to copy Adam Ruins Everything. If you do, state your sources like how he does it.