Every year on October 12, Columbus Day is observed by entities across America. Columbus Day should be removed for several reasons:
1) He never stepped foot on US soil.
2) Instead, he landed in the Bahamas. Subsequently, he raped, enslaved, infected, and murdered Native Caribbeans, leaving the Native population nearly extinct.
3) as a result, he introduced European exploration and a culture of genocide & slavery that has killed countless American Indian
and African American slaves.
4) Columbus Day is a commercialized Federal Holiday and as we allow it to exist and be celebrated, we raise future generations
to believe Columbus falsely discovered America.
Columbus Day should be removed as a Federal Holiday and be replaced to observe Indigenous Peoples Day so our younger generations can be taught in school how to respect native groups of people and preserve their history and lands.
