Why don't we celebrate Columbus Day?

By Elyse Bruce. We don't celebrate Columbus Day in this house, and we never will. It's not that we don't enjoy holidays when they come around. We love holidays around here as much as anyone, but there are some holidays that, in my opinion, should not be celebrated. read more

We don’t celebrate Columbus Day in this house, and we never will. It’s not that we don’t enjoy holidays when they come around. We love holidays around here as much as anyone, but there are some holidays that, in my opinion, should not be celebrated. read more

Many people believe that Columbus Day should not be celebrated because Christopher Columbus committed atrocities against Native Americans. They argue that it creates a false narrative about the discovery of the Americas and contributes to the disenfranchisement of Native Americans. read more

Here are three reasons we shouldn't celebrate Columbus Day, as a country. 1. He decimated the native population. According to a census taken by Columbus' men, in 1496 there were more than 1 million natives on the island of Haiti. By 1516, there were 12,000. By 1555, there were zero full-blooded natives left on the island. read more

Notably, the emphasis is not merely to celebrate the heritage that belongs to the native peoples of the Americas but to replace and thus obliterate Columbus Day. The narrative that purports to justify the replacement of Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day goes something like this. read more