Columbus did lots of horrifying things to a mass of people; both to the europeans and the natives, yet some people get a day off to celebrate his “achievements.” For example, Columbus selfishly mistreated the natives by being a “greedy imperialist who slaughtered and spread disease among the indigenous people and institutionalized the slave trade.” However, John Sebastiano, president of UNICO believes Columbus “globalized our world.” One can argue, Columbus did do horrible things and that the bad out ways the good because what he did was not acceptable at all. He watched out for himself only and did not care if he was hurting a human population. Why should people take off work to glorify a man who was selfish? Why should children/teens take
