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Read my article in @NativeViewpoint regarding why I will never celebrate #ColumbusDay.
Here is a thread on the atrocities of #Columbus that I also share in a YouTube video embedded in the article.
[Trigger Warning #ChristopherColumbus #thread]
Here is a thread on the atrocities of #Columbus that I also share in a YouTube video embedded in the article.
[Trigger Warning #ChristopherColumbus #thread]
Columbus Day was promoted by the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic organization in the 1930s that wanted a Catholic hero. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the day into law as a federal holiday in 1937.
#Columbus stole a crew member's reward.
Columbus offered a year's salary reward for the crew member who first cited land. Though a sailor saw the land, Columbus said he saw a dim light the night before and kept the reward for himself.
Columbus offered a year's salary reward for the crew member who first cited land. Though a sailor saw the land, Columbus said he saw a dim light the night before and kept the reward for himself.
1. Con esta no han podido en #PuertoRico. #CristobalColón
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La localidad de Arecibo en Puerto Rico se hizo popular por ser el hogar de la estatua más alta de EE.UU., allí se encuentra situada la estatua conocida como “El nacimiento de un Nuevo Mundo” (Birth of…
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La localidad de Arecibo en Puerto Rico se hizo popular por ser el hogar de la estatua más alta de EE.UU., allí se encuentra situada la estatua conocida como “El nacimiento de un Nuevo Mundo” (Birth of…
2. the New World), con la imagen del Almirante Cristóbal Colón en su llegada a América.
A pesar de q la obra fue concebida como una donación a los Estados Unidos para conmemorar el 500 aniversario de la llegada de Colón a America en 1492, por…
@1aGlobalizacion @HisNorteamerica
A pesar de q la obra fue concebida como una donación a los Estados Unidos para conmemorar el 500 aniversario de la llegada de Colón a America en 1492, por…
@1aGlobalizacion @HisNorteamerica
3. desacuerdos y diferentes vicisitudes encontradas en el proceso, la estatua fue rechazada por ciudades como Nueva York, Boston o Miami.
La estatua, trabajo del artista georgiano-ruso Zurab Tsereteli, está compuesta por 2.500 piezas de bronce, acero y cobre.
@MucainDe
La estatua, trabajo del artista georgiano-ruso Zurab Tsereteli, está compuesta por 2.500 piezas de bronce, acero y cobre.
@MucainDe
On #IndigenousPeoplesDay...
🔥#AfroTainoHistory🔥
"In 1517, a guerrilla war between colonizers and forces was initiated by the Taino leader #Enriquillo. [He] killed Spaniards, devastated farms and took the Africans back with him." #christophercolumbusday
🔥#AfroTainoHistory🔥
"In 1517, a guerrilla war between colonizers and forces was initiated by the Taino leader #Enriquillo. [He] killed Spaniards, devastated farms and took the Africans back with him." #christophercolumbusday
"... and took the Africans back with him."
The Revolt of #Enriquillo and the Historiography of Early Spanish America
Primary Sources: muse.jhu.edu/article/214822
Primary Sources: muse.jhu.edu/article/214822
#mineapolisriots
1/Last night a Police station was taken over by protesters and demolished. The Police had to flee
1/Last night a Police station was taken over by protesters and demolished. The Police had to flee
Thread...
Thread on The TRUTH about #ChristopherColumbus and #ColumbusDay -
After Reading and Watching this...Ask Yourself, "Is This Someone That Deserves to be Celebrated?"
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Thread on The TRUTH about #ChristopherColumbus and #ColumbusDay -
After Reading and Watching this...Ask Yourself, "Is This Someone That Deserves to be Celebrated?"
newsmaven.io/indiancountryt…
These Are COLUMBUS' OWN WORDS, NOT MINE:
“As soon as I arrived in the Indies, on the first Island which I found, I took some of the natives by force in order that they might learn and might give me information of whatever there is in these parts.”
“As soon as I arrived in the Indies, on the first Island which I found, I took some of the natives by force in order that they might learn and might give me information of whatever there is in these parts.”
Upon Arrival, Columbus Said:
“They willingly traded everything they owned…They do not bear arms, They would make fine servants…. With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.”
This Tone, Then Changes...
“They willingly traded everything they owned…They do not bear arms, They would make fine servants…. With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.”
This Tone, Then Changes...
