Is Columbus Day one to celebrate? Commemorate perhaps. Soberly reflect on, yes.
But celebrate? I'm not so sure.
That has been highlighted memorably by the Oatmeal in a cartoon that has gone viral on Social Media. If you read only one thing today, make sure it’s that one.
The question, though, remains: even though some awful things happened in the Americas, at the hands of Columbus and many others, can it justifiably be labeled genocide?
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Published on October 14, 2013 13:08