Columbus Day Be Celebrated

Columbus Day is to honor people but, not a lot of people want to honor him because he was not very kind and nice. Columbus didn’t care about trade routes or getting to know different cultures. When he saw some of the natives wearing gold jewelry he made it his mission to kill or make as many slaves he can. He’s mission was also to steal as much gold as he could. According to Ban Columbus Day? There shouldn’t be a Debate “After landing October 12, 1492, by November Columbus kidnapped ten Tainos Indians.” He wasn’t really nice. His goal was to get as much money as he could.

We celebrate Columbus Day every year since 1937. He traveled from Spain to North America trying to find the Northwest passage on August 3rd, 1492. He failed to find the passage ,but instead he found new land. People think as him as a hero ,but most people haveńt heard of the things he had done. People now of today are still debating whether or not if he should have a holiday. Celebrating Columbus Day shouldn't happen. He did horrible things to the natives, children, and countless other people. He shouldn’t have a holiday as it will be shown multiple times and again.

Columbus Day is a holiday that celebrates Christopher Columbus an Italian explorer who sailed over 500 years ago with three ships from Spain across the Atlantic Ocean in a daring attempt to expand our knowledge of the known world in hopes of discovering new lands (Obama). He is credited with discovering the New World in 1492. Though this sounds honorable and inspiring, it was basically a search to find new lands in order to claim and take control of them, plunder their wealth, enslave their occupants and murder any who tried to stop him (Zinn). Since the United States is built on the beliefs of freedom, equality, peace, and humanity, I don’t feel that we should continue to honor and celebrate

“In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue”, these words are taught all around the states and are meant to help teach and remember the year that the now notorious Christopher Columbus went on his renowned exploration. Columbus was an Italian that was sent by the Queen and King of Spain to find riches in other lands, and during this voyage he stumbled onto the Americas. During his time in the Americas he enslaved the Native Americans, forced Christianity onto them and brought over diseases that would result in the eventual deaths of Native American. For a long period of time though, Columbus was known as the “man who discovered America”, nothing more. Now he is thought of as a murderer and a thief for stealing the land and lives of many Native Americans.

Some say that Columbus Day shouldn't be a holiday or that the name should be changed, I believe that we should get rid of the holiday. When you are little, you are taught Christopher Columbus discovered America and he's a good person; however, in reality, none of that is true. Columbus didn't discover America, he found some islands in the Caribbean like Haiti and Cuba. In addition, he treated the Natives there with harsh cruelties. Columbus also brought over diseases that lead to the death of many natives because they weren't exposed to measles, influenza, small pox. “Christopher Columbus introduced two phenomena that revolutionized race relations and

Some reasons why I think Columbus Day should be changed is because Columbus was treating Natives with violence and put them into slavery. Another reason is that he forced the Natives to convert to Christianity. The final reason is that he introduced new, life-changing diseases.

We should not celebrate Columbus day. We should not celebrate columbus day because columbus did not find amaria first people were already living there. In the article, It states, while others may have reached America before him. If people got there before columbus then he did not discover america. Most people celebrate columbus day because he discovered america if he did not discover america why should he get a holiday. columbus just found land he did not even go in america he just found land that already had people on it. In the text it states, if Columbus knew the United States had a holiday honoring him -- even though he never actually set foot in any of the now superpower's 50 states. Why should we celebrate some one who did not even step

Christopher Columbus sailed for Spain in 1492 and claimed all islands around San Salvador looking for gold. Spain eventually sent Columbus back to create an Empire. America should not celebrate Columbus Day because of Columbus’ cruel punishments towards others, the way he influenced today's world, and the way he did not prove anything new. Christopher Columbus caused cruel punishment by cutting peoples hands off, making dogs attack the Native Americans, and by silencing the Native Americans. Columbus Day should not be celebrated because he influenced today's world negatively through slavery,stereotyping, and genocide. Finally, Columbus did not prove anything new because people already lived in the new world, he was not the first non-american

In my opinion, however, I feel that Columbus Day Day should be reconsidered as a holiday. You state that an Italian arrived and discovered the United States. If that were true the land wouldn't already have been populated. The Native Americans were on American soil far before any Italians or Pilgrims came along. To have discovered America, it would have been uninhabited

"Should the United States celebrate Columbus Day?" In my opinion, the United States should celebrate Columbus Day because it is celebrated as a day when America was discovered. It is a part of history that we can not ignore. While I realize that we should not celebrate a day that marked the start of a massacre and bloodshed for decades to come, I cannot help but think that behind most revolutions and wars in history, blood has been shed. In addition, I feel that we do not celebrate Columbus Day to mock anyone or to accept the crimes of Christopher Columbus, but rather we celebrate it as a day our roots in America began. In addition, our morals are different than what people thought of as acceptable back then. Who are we to judge the actions done by someone else? We have neither lived in that time period nor were we raised the way they were. We were taught what they were taught. It is undeniable that without Columbus, much of what we have today may have not existed. Of course, this by no means show that I encouraging the way he treated the Natives, but rather stating that this is a indubitable part of our history that we should not be so ashamed of

In fourteen hundred and ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue. I guess the song forgot the sin, that the Spaniards killed 8 of 10. While Columbus’ voyage is the start of America as we know it, it came at a great cost to the Native Americans. They contracted diseases from the Spaniards, were abused, forced into Christianity and had resources stolen from them. So, the question is, due to the fact that the Native Americans were abused and taken advantage of by the Spaniards, how can we justify Columbus Day remaining a federal holiday? We can’t, it should never be acceptable to ruin one society so that another can advance.

Christopher Columbus is not worthy of a holiday because he was very cruel to the Native Americans. In truth it’s very sad what he did. What Columbus did was what some call the American Holocaust. He forced the native peoples to be Christian, murdering and torturing them is they didn’t convert. Columbus pillaged and robbed- eating the food the natives worked hard to get. He forced them to mine, harvest, grow, and plant all of the food and gold. The diseases that were brought killed thousands, wiping out entire groups in a few months. The killing and torture made the relationship between natives and Englishmen worse. Clearly, Christopher Columbus isn’t worthy of a holiday.

In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue in America we celebrate Columbus Day in honor of him being the second person to find American. He is remembered for all of the supposed good things he did, he yet we never speak about the trustees that Columbus has committed.

Columbus Day should still be celebrated because he is the man who brought many cultures to the Americas. Christopher Columbus brought many cultures to the Americas including Native Bahamian food and food from the Taino. This had food such as, maize, beans squash, and seafood. All of these different kinds of food were very different for Columbus and his crew, but it is what made America’s food based around this culture. America would absolutely would not have as much culture as it has today without Christopher Columbus.

because he was the beginning of American holocaust.The American holocaust was ethnic cleansing characterized by murder, torture,pillaging,robbery,slavery,kidnapping,and removals of indian people from their homelands.The legacy of this murder is an affront to all Indian peoples.American holocaust was a time of many deaths,slavery,and torture the holocaust was a very scary time.As a result of this Christopher Columbus is not worthy of having a holiday under his name.