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Daily Literary Quote “Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America.” -James Joyce Journal Prompt Take a look at this article from The Oatmeal. What are some issues with the myth that Christopher Columbus "discovered" the Americas? Explain. Do you think Columbus should be honored with a holiday in the United States? Why or why not? 
55 Comments
Ariana Williams
10/12/2020 10:40:36 am
Some issues with Christopher Columbus is that the America’s were already discovered by other travelers. He just took all the credit. I don’t think we should celebrate him because he didn’t actually discover anything
Adrian
10/12/2020 10:44:50 am
You didn’t put a period at the end of your final sentence.
Ariana Williams
10/12/2020 10:46:04 am
My bad, use your imagination.
Ashley
10/12/2020 10:46:44 am
That is a grammerly correct.
Jessie Hiatt
10/12/2020 10:46:44 am
You have a very good point.
Ashley
10/12/2020 10:41:30 am
I do not think that he should be celebrated but he could be remembered in history. The issue is that Columbus didn’t respect the natives instead he “conquered” them. I think if he went about it a different way then we would still see what we see today with respected lands for natives and whites living together.
Ariana Williams
10/12/2020 10:42:15 am
This makes sense. I agree.
Paige
10/12/2020 10:43:59 am
I agree
Jaicei
10/12/2020 10:53:35 am
I completely agree. Columbus was a piece of trash.
Della
10/12/2020 10:42:51 am
He didn’t find America but he found Cuba.
Adrian
10/12/2020 10:45:44 am
These don’t necessarily meet the requirements of three complete sentences.
Griffin Mylan
10/12/2020 10:46:29 am
I must agree with Adrian’s statement.
Preston
10/13/2020 10:45:42 am
Agreed
Tierryn
10/12/2020 10:52:13 am
I am confused as to what you were trying to say because these are just statements and not detailed answers. An attempt was made.
Jackson
10/12/2020 10:43:20 am
The myth that Columbus discoverd is wrong because many different cultures have already discoverd the area such as the Vikings and the Chinese. As to either he deserves to be calibrated or not is debatable
Paige
10/12/2020 10:43:31 am
It shouldn’t be celebrated but remember in history. He went about it in the wrong way.
Aspen
10/12/2020 10:44:15 am
I agree
Griffin Mylan
10/12/2020 10:44:38 am
I’d have to agree with this statement.
Aubrey Gregson
10/12/2020 10:44:59 am
Agreed
Dodge grover
10/12/2020 10:45:33 am
As do I.
Jessie Hiatt
10/12/2020 10:45:45 am
I agree, he could have handled it better.
Abeni
10/12/2020 10:49:40 am
I agree
Aspen
10/12/2020 10:43:32 am
I think he should only be remembered but not celebrated. Him coming to America was something that was a significant mark in history but I do understand why it is still marked in history.
Paige
10/12/2020 10:44:29 am
I agree makes sense
Aubrey Gregson
10/12/2020 10:46:35 am
That’s a good point
Adrian
10/12/2020 10:44:10 am
Columbus didn’t even “discover” the Americas. People already lived here, he wasn’t even the first European. Even with this said, I think he deserves the holiday for making the America’s more well known, and bringing the culture good and bad.
Griffin Mylan
10/12/2020 10:45:06 am
Thank you for including three sentences, Adrian.
Ashley
10/12/2020 10:48:25 am
Your writing sounds like a basic white girl.
Ariana
10/12/2020 10:49:22 am
I agree with this.
Abeni Baca
10/12/2020 10:49:09 am
I agree
Treygan Bragg
10/12/2020 10:53:47 am
This is a very good conclusion.
Jaicei
10/12/2020 10:55:56 am
Do you really think he needs a whole holiday? Isn’t it enough that we learn about him and his conquering in history class?
Preston
10/13/2020 10:45:19 am
Well said
Dodge grover
10/12/2020 10:44:10 am
The problem is that people had beat him to the America's. I don't think we should celebrate a sociopathic murderer, but that being said, I dont mind celebrating one. A day off from school is a day off from school. You know what I'm saying.
Jessie Hiatt
10/12/2020 10:44:10 am
It’s an issue because he took the credit for discovering America when there were already people here. I do not think he should be celebrated in this holiday because not everyone believes in what he did.
Dodge Grover
10/12/2020 10:46:09 am
I agree
Ariana Williams
10/12/2020 10:46:56 am
I agree.
Tierryn
10/12/2020 10:47:54 am
I agree with the first sentence, not so much the second, but you got the right idea.
Griffin Mylan
10/12/2020 10:44:13 am
There were already individuals living in the Americas before Christopher Columbus “discovered” it in 1492. Columbus also murdered many of the natives that resided in the Americas when he arrived. I think that we should celebrate Columbus Day but re-name the holiday and celebrate the natives that lived here for hundreds of years before Columbus.
taija
10/12/2020 10:47:51 am
I agree with that
Treygan Bragg
10/12/2020 10:54:34 am
You bring up very good points in this
Aubrey Gregson
10/12/2020 10:44:28 am
I don’t think it should be celebrated as a holiday because he did not discover America. There were already native Americans and other travels her before him.
Bridger
10/12/2020 10:45:25 am
Christopher Columbus did not discover the new world, Leif Erickson did. No I do not think we should celebrate Columbus for selling natives into sexual slavery.
Adrian
10/12/2020 10:47:57 am
Very well job of having three sentences. Hip hip hooray Leif Erickson day!
taija
10/12/2020 10:48:12 am
yes
Tierryn
10/12/2020 10:45:26 am
Everything is wrong with the myth. He colonized land and stole it from the Native Americans. There is no reason why we should celebrate a colonizer who hunted and cut off the ears of the people who were here first.
taija
10/12/2020 10:46:40 am
I don’t think we should celebrate it. He just took all the credit when other people actually discovered America. He didn’t discover anything really.
Abeni Baca
10/12/2020 10:47:34 am
I think Columbus Day should be a holiday because why not. This is a holiday with lots of history behind it. There are lots of holidays that aren’t celebrated now as they were in the past.
Jake Hayden
10/12/2020 10:47:45 am
Many people were too scared to sail aimlessly through the ocean in hopes of discovering a new land that isn’t promised. Columbus might not be the man many portray him to be, but he was brave enough to risk his life for discovery. Should Columbus get a holiday? Yes. Should it be for discovering America? No.
Jaicei
10/12/2020 10:52:12 am
Columbus was a terrible human being. He never set foot in the America’s, he started the Atlantic Slave Trade, he hunted indigenous people for sport, and it was rumored that he was into bestiality on top of it all. He should not be celebrated here or anywhere else for that matter. He was just an old white man that thought he did something. He did terrible things in the mane of exploration.
Treygan Bragg
10/12/2020 10:53:23 am
Columbus Day is misleading because he wasn’t the first European to discover the Americas and when he made it widely know, he began to kill off native and make money for Spain. He shouldn’t get a national holiday but yet a small recognization in history books.
Darian
10/12/2020 10:57:40 am
He never discovered anything but trying to take the credit for what others had discovered. I don't think we should celebrate the holiday because we have nothing to be celebrating about.
Preston
10/13/2020 10:44:51 am
Columbus was not the first to discover America. Native Americans were already there and the Vikings discovered it before Columbus. I don’t think Columbus should be honored with a holiday. He was not the first to discover and he did horrible things to the native Americans.
steven
10/14/2020 03:35:48 pm
Columbus was not the First to the new world. He concurred and ceased the new world. We should not give him credit
Hayley
12/29/2020 12:32:56 pm
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