Columbus Day

Reconsider Columbus Day: Resource Roundup and Open Thread

History post by Kelsey Wallace on October 8, 2012 - 11:06am; tagged Columbus Day.
If all you know for sure about Columbus Day is that some guy did something in 1492, consider spending part of your "holiday" today learning more. Then reconsider Columbus Day altogether, because it's a truly shameful part of US history that should be remembered but certainly not celebrated.

someecards image of a man in a suit of armor that reads Let's celebrate Columbus Day by walking into someone's house and telling them we live there now.
To really celebrate, we'd also have to kill that someone.
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Celebrate Columbus Day: Call Out Native Appropriation

Social Commentary post by Kelsey Wallace on October 10, 2011 - 11:33am; tagged Columbus Day, native appropriation, racism.
Well, today's Columbus Day, a time when we feel weird about getting a day off work because Columbus and the genocide that followed his "discovering" of America is not someone we should celebrate in any sense of the word. If you're currently feeling conflicted about staying at home on the couch watching Real Housewives reruns, take a minute to call out some of the Native appropriations for sale at a retailer near you.
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