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Monday is Columbus Day, the Day We Celebrate... (Original Post) louis c Oct 2017 OP
Columbus Day is huge here at DU Kaleva Oct 2017 #1
and mass murderer geomon666 Oct 2017 #2
You know the rhyme. Now say it with me ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #3
When will we celebrate Erik the Red Day who landed on North American shores in 985. democratisphere Oct 2017 #4
When will we celebrate the first people on... Duppers Oct 2017 #7
Agreed. democratisphere Oct 2017 #9
My Bank MFM008 Oct 2017 #5
Fuck Christopher Columbus. MrScorpio Oct 2017 #6
YES !! Duppers Oct 2017 #8
Excellent! geardaddy Oct 2017 #11
No. Columbus Day is a day for Italian Americans Drahthaardogs Oct 2017 #10
Sorry, the joke doesn't work... brooklynite Oct 2017 #12

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
3. You know the rhyme. Now say it with me
Fri Oct 6, 2017, 09:07 PM
Oct 2017

In 1492,
Spain expelled all her Jews.

Some went elsewhere in Europe. The more adventurous went with Columbus.

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/columbus-sets-sail-judaic-treasures

It was Christopher Columbus, the "world-unveiling Genoese" himself, who first linked the Jews and the New World. In his letter to the king and queen of Spain which opens the Journal of the First Voyage, Columbus writes:

So after having expelled the Jews from your dominions, Your Highnesses, in the same month of January, ordered me to proceed with sufficient armament to the said region of India.

Actually, Columbus set sail on August 3, 1492, a day after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain began. Much has been written of Columbus's purported Jewish origins and of Jews who accompanied him on his first voyage. It is certain only that the expedition's interpreter, Luis de Torres, was born a Jew but had converted shortly before the expedition set sail; that two "New Christians," Luis de Santangel and Gabriel Sanchez, had a hand in the financing; and that two Jews, Abraham Zacuto and Joseph Vecinho, provided technical expertise that helped Columbus navigate the "Ocean Sea."


Anyway, this is what I think about on Columbus Day: anti-Semitism forcing people to migrate to a new land free of bigotry.

Duppers

(28,257 posts)
7. When will we celebrate the first people on...
Sat Oct 7, 2017, 04:29 AM
Oct 2017

The American continents?
The Native Americans who came here 12,000 years ago?

Not to take anything away from Erik, mind you. And I agree that perpetuating the myth that Christopher Columbus was the first person to discover the American continent is ridiculous.

Oh yeah, I forgot: ONLY people of white European descent are the only people that matter when "discovering" anything?


Native Americans discovered these continents first. They weren't just some critters living here.

The whole country should abolish Columbus Day and celebrate

*** "Native Americans Day." ***


(Easier to remember than "Indigenous Peoples Day.&quot )


Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
10. No. Columbus Day is a day for Italian Americans
Sat Oct 7, 2017, 07:11 AM
Oct 2017

And was adopted as an apology for the way they were treated in this country (and to get their votes).


Go read up on it.

 

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)
12. Sorry, the joke doesn't work...
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 01:55 PM
Oct 2017

...Columbus didn't stay so he's not an immigrant; and he wasn't first...

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