Abolish Columbus Day

capital of Ohio day has regarded Christopher capital of Ohio as a pigboat for his discovery of America. In parts of America there are larger capital of Ohio Day jubilancys and parades even the schools are closed so the children whitethorn experience the festivities. The fact of the matter is that capital of Ohio Day does non remark the actual accomplishments of Columbus, save celebrates the PG story of Columbus that school teachers would tell principal(a) school children in the form of a rhyme or song.The celebration of Columbus Day glorifies the colonial conquest, enslavement, and murder of indigenous spate by Europeans and should be wiped off the books of American national holidays because Christopher Columbus is non a great Italian explorer who discovered America and Columbus exploration led the long genocide of the indigenous people. All through unwrap America, Italian-American people celebrate Christopher Columbus as one of the great Italian heroes.In reality, Columbu s was non even Italian but Genoese, which is a person innate(p) in Genoa. Italy did not become a country until 1861 which is 355 years later Columbus died. While Columbus was alive he did not go on his famous trip across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by Genoa but instead sponsored by Spain. Christopher Columbus set out on his exploration to find a faster trade route to Asia and so traveled East thinking that would gain been a faster mood obviously this is not true.In Howard Zinns essay, Columbus, The Indians, and Human Progress, the writer states that Columbus would have never made it to Asia and, One-fourth of the way there he came upon an unknown, chartless cut down (Zinn). If Columbus was the great explorer that Columbus Day portrays him as, thusly he would have at least realized that the land he discovered was not Asia but instead America. When Columbus died, he mentation that he went to Asia even though an acquaintance of his, Amerigo Vespucci, had already realized that the land Columbus went to was not Asia but the New World.Besides the fact that Columbus was not even close to getting to Asia, he did not discover America, but instead he informed Europe of the existence of the landmass. The land was already inhabited by millions of Amerindian that had been living in America for thousands of years. The Order of the Sons of Italy in America argue in their article, Columbus Fact or Fiction, that Columbus did discover America by saying, Even if others visited the continent sporadically ahead he did, their pilgrimages had no historical ignificance. The OSIA meant that even if anyone visited the New Land in the first place Columbus since their discovery did not have any grand magnificence or documentation that the other explorers discoveries do not matter. Even though Columbus never took credit for discovering America because he thought he was in Asia the whole time, Americans of today blindly fade him the grand title of the discoverer of America w hen he in reality in force(p) brought the land into the minds of the people of Europe.When Columbus first arrived in the New World, there were more than eight million American Indian (Taino) living in the area where Columbus landed which was the Bahamas. Columbus did not see the Taino as a civilization of people but as stated in Zinns article Columbus wrote in his journal that, They would make charming servants(Columbus quoted in Zinn). With that Columbus began his subjugation of the Taino because he wanted gold that no one else was sure existed in the abundance that Columbus believed.The Admirals presence and interference with the Tainos daily lives caused disputes and separation of the Taino tribes as soundly as the destruction their lands which helped lead to their downfall. Juliet Ucelli argued in her article, Italian-Americans Say Basta to Columbus, about how she did not want the Italian people to be like Columbus in the way that he would, go into other peoples lands, conc ord them over, and exploit labor and resources. This exploitation leads Columbus to build mines in which he forced the Taino to arduous physical labor, which killed millions.If a native man did not bring in enough gold at the end of the month, Columbus would have the laborers hands cut off which caused massive blood loss and ultimately death. Mothers would drown their children because they had no way of feeding them and did not want their child to grow up in such conditions. In the essay Thief, Slave Trader, Murderer Christopher Columbus and Caribbean Population crash Mark Freeland and Tink Tinker, the authors, indicate that, Colon presided over the deaths of some septette and a half million people. By the end of Columbus voyage he killed almost all of the indigenous people.By the time Columbus was carried apart in chains, only 500,000 of the original 8 million Tainos were left, and those were wiped out by the rest of the European explorers who were inspired by Columbus. A d estiny of Americans celebrate Columbus Day without ever knowing the true facts of what actually went on during his exploration. Nowadays more people have learned the uprightness about Christopher Columbus and started to protest the day dedicated to his wrongdoings. Columbus Day should be abolished and replaced because of the acts of genocide and the overall sense that Columbus was not a great explorer.Works Cited Freeland, Mark, and Tink Tinker. Thief, slave trader, murderer Christopher Columbus and Caribbean population decline. Wicazo Sa reassessment 23. 1 (2008) 25+. General OneFile. Web. 28 Oct. 2012. Order of the Sons of in America, Columbus Fact vs. Fiction. (2005) n. page. Web. 28 Oct. 2012. Ucelli, Juliet. Italian-Americans Say Basta to Columbus. (2012) n. page. Web. 28 Oct. 2012. Zinn, Howard. Columbus, The Indians, and Human Progress states History of the United States. (2012) n. page. Web. 28 Oct. 2012.