That said, I'd like to turn in a more positive direction.). by Eric Kasum. Although it is now believed that some Taínos survived by escaping to the mountains, there’s no real indigenous community. Katherine и 234 участника этой кампании рассчитывают на вас сегодня.

They gave his riches back, but he never went back to his position as governor. We teach our school kids a cute little song that goes: "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." Nan says there are 33 million people in Kenya... and 11 million of them are orphans! Let's teach it to them about the same time we tell them about the Nazi death camps. You’d think this would be an easy thing to come around to, but there is A LOT of controversy around this topic in some states of the US. In celebrating Columbus, we are ignoring a significant aspect of his legacy: genocide. While I think it’s better than celebrating Columbus Day, we are still technically celebrating the Spanish colonists who oppressed the Taíno and African slaves. Why don't we celebrate "Kids Who Are Changing the Planet" Day? My friend Nan Peterson is the director of the Blake School, a K-12 school in Minnesota. And enough food to feed all of the cows for ONE FULL YEAR! There are so many orphans in Kenya, the baby girls are throwaways! I am too. But I still think we should stop celebrating this man and start teaching our children what REALLY happened here. Yes, I'm consciously aware of how ignorant that sounds. First of all, Columbus wasn't the first European to discover America. On his second trip to the New World, Columbus brought cannons and attack dogs.

If the Spaniards ran short of meat to feed the dogs, Arawak babies were killed for dog food. You can read more about it here.

I mean, I’d be doing a mediocre job by just explaining why you shouldn’t celebrate this day. He described how the Spaniards under Columbus' command cut off the legs of children who ran from them, to test the sharpness of their blades. In fact, let's just celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day, or Native American Day instead. I understand where they’re coming from, but I just can’t get my mind into it. Remember the 17 million that were deported from their homes? According to De Las Casas, the men made bets as to who, with one sweep of his sword, could cut a person in half. "Such inhumanities and barbarisms were committed in my sight as no age can parallel," De Las Casas wrote.

These men and women are truly heroes of peace, not just for Catholics, but for all of us. I know… this is a delicate topic to tread on. Experts generally agree that before 1492, the population on the island of Hispaniola probably numbered above 3 million. 0 comments, Adventures These people were not adventurers who "discovered" an island in the Caribbean.

He calculated the circumference of the Earth to be about 30,200 km at the equator, when it’s really 40,000 km. That’s why I think I should point out the reasons why we shouldn’t celebrate this day, because it’s also part of who I am. Columbus Day, as we know it in the United States, was invented by the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal service organization. He also settled native unrest by killing them and parading their dismembered corpses through the streets [source].

Lifestyle "They offered to share with anyone and when you ask for something, they never say no," he said. Back in the 1930s, they were looking for a Catholic hero as a role-model their kids could look up to. The truth about Columbus is going to be a hard pill for some folks to swallow. My mother died... and I'm not feeling so good myself. On the second Monday in October each year, we celebrate Columbus Day (this year, it's on October 11th). Columbus Day, as we know it in the United States, was invented by the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal service organization. Why don't we create a holiday to replace Columbus Day? Here's the basics. They were so kind-hearted that Columbus noted in his diary that on the day the Santa Maria was shipwrecked, the Arawaks labored for hours to save his crew and cargo. Catholic law forbade the enslavement of Christians, but Columbus solved this problem. You wouldn’t celebrate a modern murderer, would you?

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