Monday, October 12, 2009
Reconsider Columbus Day
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This video seems to be making its rounds in the blogosphere on what has been deemed as "Columbus Day," a day to honor a man who deserves no honoring.
It is time to reconsider Columbus Day.
Teachers who are struggling with how to address Columbus Day in the classroom can order a guide from RethinkingSchools.com. Or, if you're simply a concerned citizen who is sick of being forced to celebrate a man who committed heinous crimes, you can sign this online petition calling for a holiday to honor Native Americans instead of Columbus. You can also sign the petition calling for the abandonment of plans to build a Columbus monument in Puerto Rico.
It is time to reconsider Columbus Day.
Teachers who are struggling with how to address Columbus Day in the classroom can order a guide from RethinkingSchools.com. Or, if you're simply a concerned citizen who is sick of being forced to celebrate a man who committed heinous crimes, you can sign this online petition calling for a holiday to honor Native Americans instead of Columbus. You can also sign the petition calling for the abandonment of plans to build a Columbus monument in Puerto Rico.
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October 19, 2009 at 9:48 PM
I signed this petition - I'm glad so many people are willing to stand up for what is right.
I tried to explain this to one of my friends and she doesn't understand at all. What hurts me most is that not only will she not have a reasonable debate about it - she dismisses everything political from me as liberal jargon.
And she is not even 20 years old yet.