This is about DESTROYING A NATION! - Columbus Day vs. Indigenous Peoples Day
Yahoo News Photo StaffOctober 9, 2017

Columbus Day vs. Indigenous Peoples Day
Participants ride a float along a rain-soaked Fifth Ave. during the annual Columbus Day Parade in New York, Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. (Photo: Craig Ruttle/AP)

A movement to abolish Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day has gained momentum in some parts of the U.S., with Los Angeles in August becoming the biggest city yet to decide to stop honoring the Italian explorer and instead recognize victims of colonialism.

Austin, Texas, followed suit Thursday. It joined cities including San Francisco, Seattle and Denver, which had previously booted Columbus in favor of Indigenous Peoples Day.

But the gesture to recognize indigenous people rather than the man who opened the Americas to European domination also has prompted howls of outrage from some Italian-Americans, who say eliminating their festival of ethnic pride is culturally insensitive, too.

“We had a very difficult time in this country for well over a hundred years,” said Basil Russo, president of the Order Italian Sons and Daughters of America. “Columbus Day is a day that we’ve chosen to celebrate who we are. And we’re entitled to do that just as they are entitled to celebrate who they are.”  https://www.yahoo.com/news/columbus-day-vs-indigenous-peoples-slideshow-wp-200307237.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/columbus-day-vs-indigenous-peoples-slideshow-wp-200307237.html