Should We Celebrate Columbus Day?

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Presentation Outline

Who is Christopher Columbus?Yes, We should celebrate Columbus DayNo, We should not celebrate Columbus DayConclusion

Who was Christopher Columbus?

Genoa, Italy 1451Discovered America?Four VoyagesDied May 20, 1506

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Yes, We should Celebrate Columbus Day

Civilized WorldIdeas and Achievements of Aristotle, Galileo, Newton

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Yes, We should Celebrate Columbus Day

America was inhabited, unused, and undevelopedLife was shortNo languageLittle agriculture

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Yes, We should Celebrate Columbus Day

Endless bloody warsHuman sacrifices

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Yes, We should Celebrate Columbus Day

Dr. Christy Turner, Arizona State University.

Indians in the Southwest engages in widespread mass murder and torture.Humans were butchered the same way as animals

Yes, We should Celebrate Columbus Day

What Columbus did to the native Indians were wrong, but can we blame him?Was he aware of what he was doing?Do we take the bad with the good?

No, we should not celebrate Columbus Day

Did he discovered America, no!Never set foot on American soilNatives were already hereHe discovered nothing

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No, we should not celebrate Columbus Day

Jack Weatherford, Anthropologist 1,200 Taino Indians sent to SpainParades through the streets of SevilleSold as slaves in 1495

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No, we should not celebrate Columbus Day

Lust for goldForced natives to work as slavesNatives were beaten, raped, tortured and killedTo celebrate Columbus Day is to celebrate a man who is responsible for destroying countless lives and entire cultures

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Conclusion

The decision to celebrate or blame Christopher Columbus is difficult. Should we celebrate him for opening America to the western civilized world? Or should we condemned him for beating, raping, and killing of native Indians? The decision is yours.

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