Indigenous People’s Day in honor of…

[headshuck]

Elizabeth Warren. All 1/1,024

 

[Offthemat]

Today is Columbus Day..

[WrestlingRasta]

Both Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples.  Day is observed and recognized all across the US, each getting their coin as a holiday in the latter part of the 20th century.  
 

Columbus, for the man who set out for Asia but missed and landed in the Carribean.  While he never made it to North America, the door was opened from there. 
 

Indigenous Day, for the people who became enslaved and started losing their land once he did disembark on this region of the world. 

[Offthemat]

What about the people who had their land and liberty taken by these  ‘indigenous’ guys?  Columbus accomplished quite a feat, crossing the Atlantic Ocean like he did.  Those indigenous were mostly just born here.  Do we need to celebrate that - well, Happy Birthday.  

[Caveira]

2 minutes ago, Offthemat said:

What about the people who had their land and liberty taken by these  ‘indigenous’ guys?  Columbus accomplished quite a feat, crossing the Atlantic Ocean like he did.  Those indigenous were mostly just born here.  Do we need to celebrate that - well, Happy Birthday.  

Name any land that once wasn’t stolen from someone else.   It’s like they forget how the world worked for thousands and thousands of years 

[WrestlingRasta]

I don’t see in here anyone saying YOU need to celebrate one or the other.  Likewise, I don’t see anyone saying YOU cannot celebrate one or the other.  No need to get so defensive about accurate information.  You’ll be okay.  
 

I do find interesting, however, the stance on just happen to ‘be born here’, and the celebration of foreigners making the trek to a different land.   Veeerrrry interesting.