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Title: Quest to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day sails ahead
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on October 10, 2016, 09:39:06 AM: WHAT THE FUCK!

(CNN) — The state of Vermont and the cities of Denver and Phoenix joined the growing list of places celebrating Native Americans on the federal holiday named for Christopher Columbus.

Since Columbus Day 2015, at least 14 communities in the United States have passed measures designating the second Monday in October Indigenous Peoples Day.

The changes build on recent efforts to shift the day's focus from the Italian explorer, beginning in big cities including Seattle, Minneapolis and Albuquerque, and spreading to counties and school districts.

"Indigenous Peoples Day represents a shift in consciousness," said Dr. Leo Killsback, a citizen of the Northern Cheyenne Nation and assistant professor of American Indian Studies at Arizona State University.

"It acknowledges that indigenous peoples and their voices are important in today's conversations."
Title: Re: Quest to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day sails ahead
Post by: Thong Maniac on October 10, 2016, 09:41:02 AM: i agree with this actually. how did columbus "discover" something that was already here and occupied.
Title: Re: Quest to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day sails ahead
Post by: Yamcha on October 10, 2016, 09:42:18 AM: Quote from: El Diablo Blanco on October 10, 2016, 09:39:06 AM

"It acknowledges that indigenous peoples and their voices are important in today's conversations."

They are?

(https://i.redd.it/w57jm2mbnoqx.jpg)
Title: Re: Quest to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day sails ahead
Post by: 8 INCH not biceps on October 10, 2016, 11:42:19 AM: Columbus was a liar and a thief he should not be celebrated he sailed to a county with people living there and claimed that he discovered the land, america was discovered by the indians it should be called native american indian day.
Title: Re: Quest to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day sails ahead
Post by: Tapeworm on October 10, 2016, 11:45:13 AM: Quote from: Yamcha on October 10, 2016, 09:42:18 AM
They are?

(https://i.redd.it/w57jm2mbnoqx.jpg)

No and the world is a better place without some 'cultures' in it.
Title: Re: Quest to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day sails ahead
Post by: polychronopolous on October 10, 2016, 11:51:51 AM: Quote from: Yamcha on October 10, 2016, 09:42:18 AM
They are?

(https://i.redd.it/w57jm2mbnoqx.jpg)

I thought they were all holding hands, growing flower gardens and singin kumbaya?? ???
Title: Re: Quest to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day sails ahead
Post by: Griffith on October 10, 2016, 12:08:15 PM: Congratulations.

Next you'll probably have Indigenous Economic Empowerment laws, Affirmative Action and racial quota's for sports...
Title: Re: Quest to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day sails ahead
Post by: loco on October 10, 2016, 12:09:28 PM: Congratulations! This is the kind of crap that gets someone like Trump elected.
Title: Re: Quest to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day sails ahead
Post by: mass243 on October 10, 2016, 12:10:40 PM: Columbus was the first civilized human discovering America and able to mark it in the maps.
I think it's quite ok to pay respect to him.
Title: Re: Quest to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day sails ahead
Post by: polychronopolous on October 10, 2016, 12:11:46 PM
Title: Re: Quest to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day sails ahead
Post by: Kwon on October 10, 2016, 06:03:44 PM: Yeah , Columbus (although a decent detective) was nothing compared to Trump anyways.

RENAME IT TO TRUMP DAY!

If it weren't for Italy and Amerigo Vespucci, The Great Nation wouldn't even have been called America!