Reading the Voices in chapter one has broadened my understanding about early relationships between the Spaniard explorers and the American Indians because it allowed me to realize how much brainwashed biased information were taught in history. Columbus did not sail the ocean blue and accidentally stumbled across these Indians and encountered them ..he knew there were people in this land and he knew he would do whatever it takes to get where're and what he wants. Columbus as said in the textbooks did not ‘encounter’ the natives , he brutally humiliated and killed them ...not on one voyage but two. In elementary schools, the kids are taught:
“In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He had three ships and left from Spain; …show more content…
Kids have in mind “oh yay no school let's thank Columbus” ...instead of questioning “wow a murder we are celebrating, why not celebrate the day hitler rose to power?” The voices in chapter one not only broadened my understanding but made me question how Columbus handled things and why historians leave this information out ...why do we even celebrate Columbus sailing the oceans and ‘finding America?’ After reading this chapter I began to ask my siblings if they knew Columbus and why he is so important. My youngest sister said “Columbus found AMERICA!!! And my teacher told me without him we wouldn't have a day off from school, but I don't know if she was kidding because she was laughing.” I then asked my brother who Columbus was and surprisingly he said “he's an explorer who found America and killed the savages.”
I was very shocked at what my siblings said because when I think of my days in elementary, we always categorized the Indians as ‘savages’ ...as people who talk to animals and dress weird. The voices in chapter one allowed me to know the type of man Columbus was and it helped me understand what elementary kids are taught about Columbus is inaccurate. It is an ignorant poem taught to make us believe Columbus was this heroic person. You never saw a happier
“In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He had three ships and left from Spain; …show more content…
Kids have in mind “oh yay no school let's thank Columbus” ...instead of questioning “wow a murder we are celebrating, why not celebrate the day hitler rose to power?” The voices in chapter one not only broadened my understanding but made me question how Columbus handled things and why historians leave this information out ...why do we even celebrate Columbus sailing the oceans and ‘finding America?’ After reading this chapter I began to ask my siblings if they knew Columbus and why he is so important. My youngest sister said “Columbus found AMERICA!!! And my teacher told me without him we wouldn't have a day off from school, but I don't know if she was kidding because she was laughing.” I then asked my brother who Columbus was and surprisingly he said “he's an explorer who found America and killed the savages.”
I was very shocked at what my siblings said because when I think of my days in elementary, we always categorized the Indians as ‘savages’ ...as people who talk to animals and dress weird. The voices in chapter one allowed me to know the type of man Columbus was and it helped me understand what elementary kids are taught about Columbus is inaccurate. It is an ignorant poem taught to make us believe Columbus was this heroic person. You never saw a happier