Columbus Day: A Day to Remember Genocide?

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
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