Why should we celebrate Columbus Day? Think about it this way. How many
people actually do take the time to celebrate Columbus Day? As stated by an analysis by
Vox, only fifteen percent of private workers take the day off. Only twenty-two states
recognize Columbus Day as an actual holiday, which is nearly half of the country. Think
about it, only half the country celebrating something a holiday. We don’t consider the
Super Bowl a holiday do we? No, we shouldn’t celebrate anything if only half of
America is celebrating. We shouldn’t be wasting our time on holidays that won’t even
matter in the end. Columbus may have recorded that he “found” America, but he was a
mass murderer.
Berkeley originally replaced Columbus Day with …show more content…
We still have to understand the time he was born but Christopher Columbus
wasn’t a great person at all. He didn’t really care about interacting with other foreign or
even establishing trade routes with other countries. Columbus wasn’t focused on gold
rather than the discovery of the new landmass, instead he saw that some of the Native
Americans were wearing gold jewelry and forced them to give it to him. He had made it
his life mission to kill and enslave all of the Native Americans. On his trips returning to
America, Columbus forced the natives to continuously bring him gold. After a while,
Columbus would give someone a pendant to wear around his or her neck. This indicated
that the person didn’t have to bring him anymore gold; at least for a while. When the
pendant expired, the Native American would have to continue bringing him gold. If the
person refused to do it, he or she would have his or her hand cut off and is forced to wear
it around their neck. Not only did he do that, but also he hunted the Native Americans for
sport, even smashing babies’ heads on rocks. The Native Americans weren’t allowed
people actually do take the time to celebrate Columbus Day? As stated by an analysis by
Vox, only fifteen percent of private workers take the day off. Only twenty-two states
recognize Columbus Day as an actual holiday, which is nearly half of the country. Think
about it, only half the country celebrating something a holiday. We don’t consider the
Super Bowl a holiday do we? No, we shouldn’t celebrate anything if only half of
America is celebrating. We shouldn’t be wasting our time on holidays that won’t even
matter in the end. Columbus may have recorded that he “found” America, but he was a
mass murderer.
Berkeley originally replaced Columbus Day with …show more content…
We still have to understand the time he was born but Christopher Columbus
wasn’t a great person at all. He didn’t really care about interacting with other foreign or
even establishing trade routes with other countries. Columbus wasn’t focused on gold
rather than the discovery of the new landmass, instead he saw that some of the Native
Americans were wearing gold jewelry and forced them to give it to him. He had made it
his life mission to kill and enslave all of the Native Americans. On his trips returning to
America, Columbus forced the natives to continuously bring him gold. After a while,
Columbus would give someone a pendant to wear around his or her neck. This indicated
that the person didn’t have to bring him anymore gold; at least for a while. When the
pendant expired, the Native American would have to continue bringing him gold. If the
person refused to do it, he or she would have his or her hand cut off and is forced to wear
it around their neck. Not only did he do that, but also he hunted the Native Americans for
sport, even smashing babies’ heads on rocks. The Native Americans weren’t allowed