HAPPY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY
street_muzik
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HAPPY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY
When will the racist lie that is Columbus Day end. Genocide and slavery are not things to celebrate.
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Ban yourself.
Seriously though, what?
I agree - do you you think you could make the same arguement for Christmas?
We Don't Want No Columbus Day! Hay Hay Ho Ho
Dude everyone knows Columbus day is lame thats why no one celebrates it. Except in Italian Neighborhoods where the knights of columbus hold it down.
I'm game.
I don't celebrate it anyway, even though i was raised christian. It's a consumer feeding frenzy. Christmas, POPPYCOCK!!!!
I do like getting family together, we celebrate new years day.
Now back to today.
This is true but we wouldn't celebrate slavery day would we?
He didn't discover shit. He thought he was in India.
I though Amerigo despucci reached the new world befor Columbus anyway. What's up wit dat?
VESPUCCI[/b]...and no, he didn't get there first...
Well into his forties, around 1495, Vespucci became the director of a ship company that supplied ships for long voyages. This was the first opportunity Vespucci had to make voyages and he was very happy about this, therefore he was only looking for "new worlds" to discover and not money or rewards for finding exotic places. In 1497 Vespucci said that he went on a voyage to the "New World." Little is known about this because there was not much evidence to support that he actually made this voyage such as: journals, maps they used, or any crew members journals about what happened. He was said to be back in 1498. Later on down the road, after this journey was said to take place people began to doubt this and Columbus became known as the founder of the "New World" even though he thought he was in India.
In 1499 Vespucci was said to have made his second voyage with Alonso de Ojeda as the captain. This voyage could be backed by a great deal of evidence and is supposed to have occurred. The watchman finally did spot land, the Cape Verde Islands, and this is the first time anyone has been purposely to the "New World."
do we have black peoples day? or korean peoples day? I know a black korean dude who discovered my front door last week, I let him in but didn't give him the keys to the house
i went to college at the american indian art institute in santa fe,and every columbus day students would get buck downtown + burn a flag.
Haha thanks. Intersting stuff. See what you can learn at SoulStrut. Smart peoples.
No but we have black history month[/b]
I know a black korean dude who discovered my front door last week, I let him in but didn't give him the keys to the house
Did he think he was at someone elses house? Otherwise it wouldn't be relevant.
Did he think he was at someone elses house? Otherwise it wouldn't be relevant.
yeah thats kind of my point with Columbus day. In light of historical fact it's not a relevant holiday. I've always thought of the whole Columbas thing as more him finding a new place he and other Europeans (Vikings withstanding) had not seen before.
But just to make it clear, I think the whole idea of having a holiday celebrating a mistake is pretty damn stupid.
Actually he first landed in the caribbean islands and thought it was india because of all them 'darkies' which is why it's called the West Indies, and the term Indians.
Amerigo Vespucci
'discovered'named the US, hence 'America'that's some kind of crazy fatalism. there are many instances in human history where people have been kind and or generous not conquering. think of a family. raising a child is an instance of almost complete unselfishness. why not celebrate shit that doesn't have so many negatives attached to it ? i understand myths but columbus was responsible for thousands of people dying.
fuck columbus.
Oh yeah, cosign Dave....FUCK COLUMBUS.
and yes, FUCK COLUMBUS.
He came dancing across the water
With his galleons and guns
Looking for the new world
In that palace in the sun.
On the shore lay Montezuma
With his coca leaves and pearls
In his halls he often wondered
With the secrets of the worlds.
And his subjects
gathered 'round him
Like the leaves around a tree
In their clothes of many colors
For the angry gods to see.
And the women all were beautiful
And the men stood
straight and strong
They offered life in sacrifice
So that others could go on.
Hate was just a legend
And war was never known
The people worked together
And they lifted many stones.
They carried them
to the flatlands
And they died along the way
But they built up
with their bare hands
What we still can't do today.
And I know she's living there
And she loves me to this day
I still can't remember when
Or how I lost my way.
He came dancing across the water
Cortez, Cortez
What a killer.
i figured as much.