The Negative Beliefs Of Columbus Day

Since 1937, the second Monday of October has been federally observed as Columbus Day. This year, Los Angeles will make one small, yet significant change. The day we all know as Columbus Day will still be observed, only the name will change. As of Wednesday, when the Los Angeles City Council voted on the decision, Columbus Day will become known as a day for celebrating “indigenous, aboriginal and native people.”
How This Might End Up Playing Out Across the Nation:
Doc Thompson, of “The Morning Blaze with Doc Thompson,” believes, “In the end, what’s going to eventually end up happening….there will be an Indigenous People Day in California.” Doc could be right. After all, once this type of change begins, namely changing the official name of a
It explains the negative emotions and beliefs that many have for Columbus today:
“There are plenty of other people who came and “found” the Americas before Columbus. I think even if Columbus isn’t necessarily important as the person to discover the new world, his voyage, and then further, Spanish and Portuguese settlements, set up a chain reaction that made the Americas what they are today. Things like slavery, the decimation of native populations, all of those things were initiated by that first contact.”
This statement explains the motivation behind the crusade as it were to strike Columbus from America’s list of heroes. It comes not only from the fact that Columbus was not the first person to discover America, but also in his perceived cruelty to the indigenous people whose life he altered
If this is the case, the day should be renamed for the person who deserves the honor. However, that isn’t the focus of the protestors. They aren’t focusing on the fact that he is being honored for doing something he didn’t’ do, they are instead focusing on the negative qualities of his personality or morality that led to slavery and the end of life as they knew it for the indigenous people already living in