Summary - The article is about the movement to stop celebrating Columbus day as a state holiday and change it to a day supporting Native Americans or indigenous peoples. Several states, counties, cities, and school districts have made changes to the holiday. As we have learned, Columbus was not a good person. He killed and raped many Native Americans and brought disease to the area causing even more death. Columbus also did not reach the United States. These facts have brought up a debate as to if people should celebrate someone who cause the genocide of a group of indigenous people and didn't even "discover America". This debate is what has sparked the movement to change the date to honor Native Americans. There has been some resistance, as people continue to celebrate Columbus day.
Analysis - This article was creates in a time where there is conflict about the treatment of Native Americans and their lands, so talking about the oppression of natives is important. I already knew about Columbus and the negative effects he had on the Native American populations, so the idea of changing the holiday makes a lot of sense. The article was created to persuade people to consider the idea of making the change. This is similar to when people wanted to change the names of high schools in Dallas because they were named after people who were supporters of slavery. So the question is should you continue to honor people who were responsible for the oppression of a group of people, or should you support the change of reaching equality amongst everyone.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/09/us/columbus-day-indigenous-peoples-day/index.html
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