Yeah outside the US it's just "that guy who discovered americas", there's no hyping him up. Maybe they do in spanish schools?I still remember being taught about him in school, as if he was some kind of hero.
Fuck Columbus.
I'm not surprised , some people just take everything as a joke.OP airs their grievances with the genocide of their ancestors and these are the responses, classy
OP airs his grievances with the genocide of their ancestors and these are the responses, classy
Columbus' Italian, actuallyYeah outside the US it's just "that guy who discovered americas", there's no hyping him up. Maybe they do in spanish schools?
he was italian, just saying...Yeah outside the US it's just "that guy who discovered americas", there's no hyping him up. Maybe they do in spanish schools?
Wasn't he hired by Spain? I may be getting them mixed up
Naw it's on me I guess I should have been more detailed , I was watching a documentary on him recently and him and his ilk were human trash and to think his name is still part of our national anthem disgusts me.
We study him, but not really in a fantastic light. He's just context for what the crown did around those days.Yeah outside the US it's just "that guy who discovered americas", there's no hyping him up. Maybe they do in spanish schools?
But Percy Jackson was.
Yeah really makes you think how much bullshit you were fed in public school. It's crazy how many atrocities they sugar coated. I'm glad that the truth of Columbus has slowly but surely come to the forefront. I don't know how they handle it in schools now but I hope if they cover it they just tell the truth.I still remember being taught about him in school. They painted a really positive picture of him.
Then I learnt about him myself. Fuck Columbus.
It's bizarre how this guy is somehow celebrated in the US, his considerable atrocities swept under the rug, or how his crimes went entirely unmentioned during my world history classes in school. I wonder if my teachers even knew.
His crimes against enslaved indigenous people were so severe that he was imprisoned for them back in the 15th century.
Most of the gop surely.Is there segment of the population that actually still holds him in high regard? There are so many more people deserving of a holiday in their names than someone who's known to have committed atrocities as Columbus was.
It's bizarre how this guy is somehow celebrated in the US, his considerable atrocities swept under the rug, or how his crimes went entirely unmentioned during my world history classes in school. I wonder if my teachers even knew.
His crimes against enslaved indigenous people were so severe that he was imprisoned for them back in the 15th century.
Columbus has always been big with the Italian-American community. I think they're the main reason we have the holiday at all.Is there segment of the population that actually still holds him in high regard? There are so many more people deserving of a holiday in their names than someone who's known to have committed atrocities as Columbus was.