This could be condemned as a very early appropriation of an Italian accomplishment by Anglo Saxon culture. Some Americans would prefer to give him back, belatedly quickening to Columbus as a tyrant who mistreated and enslaved the native Caribbean population. It doesn’t require much digging to discover that the discoverer was a most unpleasant human being who spearheaded the transatlantic slave trade. Americans killing Americans, the deepest crevice in this country’s history. In Paisley Park, Minnesota, a petition has been making the rounds, demanding for the banishment of a Columbus statue.

Source: thestar September 05, 2017 20:15 UTC