Although Columbus Day is a national holiday honoring a famous historic figure, many people take it as an opportunity to hang out with friends, finish homework, or even catch up on sleep. Columbus was known for many brutal attacks and events in history such as multiple rapes, enslaved people, and deaths. It is also well-thought that Columbus was the first one to discover the Americas , where many people don't know that the native Americans where the first to arrive in America. Instead of rewarding Columbus for all of these brutal and terrifying actions, we should abolish Columbus Day because of all of Columbus's lies and mislead ideas. When Columbus came to the Americas, in addition to bringing multiple slaves, he also disrupted their lifestyles.
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We are even debating whether of not to apologize to the Indians on behalf of Columbus and the Spanish conquistadors who followed him. In the Washington Post it says "In Mexico and Peru, Indians call this a day of darkness. They blame the Spanish conquistadors who followed Columbus to the Americas for destroying their culture. In an age of contrition, when world leaders apologize for their nations' sins, should we apologize for Christopher Columbus?" This shows how much Columbus and the Spanish conquistadors ruined the lives of the Natives who were already living in the Americas. In addition to just ruining the lives of the Natives who where already there, he also took the title of the first person to discover the Americas. He was also a very demanding person. The Washington Post says "Columbus was far from perfect. He demanded 10 percent of the profits for himself and titles of nobility he could pass on to his children." This shows that in addition to just taking over the Americas,Che made some money out of it which potentially ruined the stability of the Natives. They could've lost money to pay for themselves even though they didn't have many people left because of diseases. Since Columbus treated the Natives very harshly and took some of their money and titles, we shouldn't advertise all of the things he has done because his bad
We are even debating whether of not to apologize to the Indians on behalf of Columbus and the Spanish conquistadors who followed him. In the Washington Post it says "In Mexico and Peru, Indians call this a day of darkness. They blame the Spanish conquistadors who followed Columbus to the Americas for destroying their culture. In an age of contrition, when world leaders apologize for their nations' sins, should we apologize for Christopher Columbus?" This shows how much Columbus and the Spanish conquistadors ruined the lives of the Natives who were already living in the Americas. In addition to just ruining the lives of the Natives who where already there, he also took the title of the first person to discover the Americas. He was also a very demanding person. The Washington Post says "Columbus was far from perfect. He demanded 10 percent of the profits for himself and titles of nobility he could pass on to his children." This shows that in addition to just taking over the Americas,Che made some money out of it which potentially ruined the stability of the Natives. They could've lost money to pay for themselves even though they didn't have many people left because of diseases. Since Columbus treated the Natives very harshly and took some of their money and titles, we shouldn't advertise all of the things he has done because his bad