Happy Columbus Day, everybody. Yeah...it doesn't feel so good, does it? It feels wrong to celebrate somebody who massacred an indigenous population, huh. It feels worse because kids are generally taught that Columbus was some sort of hero, and learn pretty much nothing about the atrocities he committed. Should we be teaching young kids about genocide? Well...at the very least, we shouldn't be teaching them to lionize somebody who did horrible things. Just keep in mind what Columbus actually did. We've known about the specifics,
in pretty specific and graphic detail, for quite some time now, thanks to
La Casas.
Anyway, I wanted to refer you to 3 things on Columbus Day. One is
last year's post about it from me. Two, check out this video from the National History Day documentary competition. It's relatively short (10 minutes). Three, it's high time to
rethink Columbus Day.
Columbus - The Hidden History from
Nonchalant Filmmakers on
Vimeo.
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