Why is there no event for Columbus day?

[SnowVix]

Hmmm... Although I don't have a problem with you voicing your opinion, You don't have much of a grasp on what Columbus was. He was strictly an explorer, and was slandered by the La Leyenda Negra. He actually sought to treat the natives with respect and restrain mistreatment against them, and was even a victim of a bigoted campaign against him by the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, because he was Catholic, Italian and sailed under the Spanish flag.

Columbus was so altruistic and loyal in his faith that a catholic fraternity by the name of "Knights of Columbus" that host fundraisers, altruistic events, food drives, blood drives, etc, was formed on his behalf, and still operate to this day.


If you're going to slander Christopher Columbus, don't fall for archaic anti-spanish propaganda. If you're trolling, 7/10 got me to respond.

That's a bunch of bullcrap. The fact that Columbus was a rapist, murderous lout is borne out by contemporary (meaning written during the same time period) documentation.

[Vav2021]

That's a bunch of bullcrap. The fact that Columbus was a rapist, murderous lout is borne out by contemporary (meaning written during the same time period) documentation.

You are correct. Read "Tree of Hate: Propaganda and Prejudices Affecting United States Relations with the Hispanic World". There was a concerted effort at the time to portray Spain as “cruel, bigoted, exploitative and self-righteous in excess of reality,” by the late ethno-historian Charles Gibson. The reason behind the propaganda at the time was due to the unintentionally combined efforts of the English and Dutch, who competed with Spain in settling the New World, and by Protestant antipathy toward Catholic Spain. Through that, the "La Leyenda Negra" was created (an unintentionally combined effort by the English and the Dutch) to portray spain as monsters.

Here's what the "knights of columbus" do, that were oh-so inspired by a "rapist, murderous lout"
https://www.kofc.org/en/what-we-do/charity/index.html

[SturmChurro]

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Spaniards (and Italians) were considered lesser here in the US for quite awhile, often times even still now. I am part Spanish (and look it), so I experienced a lot of that first hand. Funnily enough, most of my ancestry is English.