Let's end Columbus Day
He didn't discover America. He brutalized Native Americans. He was an asshole.
Let's stop celebrating this guy.
"Christopher Columbus introduced two phenomena that revolutionized race relations and transformed the modern world: the taking of land, wealth, and labor from indigenous peoples, leading to their near extermination, and the transatlantic slave trade, which created a racial underclass."
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Columbus's Greatest Hits
Columbus was indeed a historical figure and still deserves a place in our text books.
However, it's time to be honest about his exploits.
However, it's time to be honest about his exploits.
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