Rutgers group stages protest against Columbus Day

[Tango Two]

After Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, one Rutgers student argues that the navigator launched a centuries-long genocide of Native Americans, and has a national holiday to show for it.



http://www.dailytargum.com/article/2016/10/all-marxists-leninists-union-rallies-against-columbus-day

 

[BoroKnight]

Christopher Columbus no doubt was evil. His forced conversions, his savage treatment of the natives, etc., are all matters of history. BUT his finding North America changed the world. The key is not to pretend Columbus didn't exist, or celebrate HIM per se, but to use the collision of European and American cultures as a chance to teach. "Indigenous Peoples Day" is just silly and does nothing to help put Columbus into context.