Question

Why is celebrating columbus day controversial

Answer 1

Columbus Day celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492.

Columbus Day was trying to commentate European settlers ‘finding’ America. It’s controversial since Native Americans inhabited North America 500 years prior.

Europeans colonist attempted to kill off indigenous communities. Columbus Day celebrates colonists hides the issues of First Nation peoples.

Many Americans, started celebrating indigenous people’s day in honour of Native Americans.

Answer 2

While Columbus help spur the exploration age, the topic became controversial because of how Columbus treated the Native Americans, making them slaves and destroying their way of life.

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