Christopher Columbus does NOT deserve a holiday...

While you may just enjoy the fact that there is a three day weekend coming up, let us explain why there are a number of reasons that it should NOT be a day celebrating Christopher Columbus. There is nothing to celebrate about this man. Becca and Rebecca tell us why.

 

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Sources we used and think you might be interested in:

Books we used, which are amazing and can’t recommend highly enough for a lot of reasons:

• A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
• Lies my Teacher Told me by James Loewen

 

https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/coard-five-facts-proving-columbus-was-one-of-historys-worst-monsters/article_016313a3-3e44-58c7-a815-a890292aff5c.html

 

https://theoatmeal.com/comics/columbus_day

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/2014/10/13/6957875/christopher-columbus-murderer-tyrant-scoundrel

 

DC Statues:

• Isabella: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Isabella_I_of_Castile
• Columbus: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Fountain

 

Modern take on the Columbus statue removal:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/local/while-statues-topple-columbuss-visage-at-union-station-is-largely-ignored/2020/07/06/4a89d0aa-bfa0-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html%3foutputType=amp