If that is your entire reason for the renaming of this day you really should look up history. Native Americans had him beat by a mile in those respects.
ITALIAN-AMERICANS ANGRY OVER RENAMING COLUMBUS DAY
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If that is your entire reason for the renaming of this day you really should look up history. Native Americans had him beat by a mile in those respects.
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Monday, October 11th is Columbus Day.
Despicable losers tried to change the name to Indigenous Peoples Day, and failed.
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One must have some kind of questionable perverse skin in the game in order to get so passionate about defending a holiday dedicated to a sadistic scumbag.
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Monday, October 11th is Columbus Day.
Despicable losers tried to change the name to Indigenous Peoples Day, and failed.
Have another drink O'Brien
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Columbus Day's Meaning For Italian Americans
Joseph Sciorra of Queens College tells NPR's Scott Simon why some Italian Americans have an emotional connection to Columbus Day.
SCIORRA: One has to remember that when Italians arrive here in the late 1880s in mass - we're talking about 4 1/2 millions who come - Italian immigrants who come between 1880s and 1924 - they encounter America that is xenophobic, that is engaging in acts of violence against immigrants. One has to remember the lynching in New Orleans of 11 Italian Americans in 1891 so that Columbus becomes this figure that Italians latch on to as a way to get a foothold in this incredibly hostile environment that they find themselves in.
SIMON: So what has the reaction been among many Italian American groups and Italian American families to the emphasis in recent years on seeing the racism and brutality and violence in Columbus' personal history?
SCIORRA: There's an emotional bond to Columbus. I've read poetry which has - says, you know, when I look at the figure of Columbus on a statue, I don't see Columbus. I see my grandfather. I see the sort of worker's hands in his hands. I see the visage, his visage. And I see that of my grandfather. So there's a really emotional bond there.
I should say that, you know, this is not an issue of Italian Americans against Native Americans or Native Americans against Italian Americans. It's not a versus - it's not a war that's going upon these two groups. And I think that's always important to keep in mind.
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/12/769688161/columbus-days-meaning-for-italian-americans
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