Alaska Renames Columbus Day ‘Indigenous Peoples Day’!

[Arlo]

spurgeonryan said:

Arlo said:
He was a purely terrible person. I don't know what it should be changed to, but I say change it. I'm not celebrating such a person simply because that's the way we're used to doing it and it's too hard to get used to change.

Or at least not make it such a big holiday that some businesses and schools have the day off.

Someone said leif Erickson, but there is even evidence that Marco Polo, Chinese, and even Ancient Phoenicians and Egyptians could have visited as well. Columbus was the one that made it popular. So changing it would not make sense. Just do not make it such a big holiday. Also that new name is a mouthful.

 

HEy kids! You have Indigenous Peoples day off from School! I even bought you an indigenous peoples t-shirt and Indigenous peoples present. Yay!

The point is that he's still honored and celebrated through the use of his name.  That's why I say just change the name.  Discovery Day or something, I don't know.  Just not that guy.