Sandra Levkovich
From what we read in class and from what I already know about race and justice. I am appalled to know that our government, our country could be so cruel. I thought we gave everyone free rights, freedom and all that good stuff that the U.S always prides on, but from reading Churchill’s “Confronting Columbus Day”, my mind began to slowly change about the U.S.
I always thought Columbus Day as a day where the greatest country was found by this man. This great country that fathers all my family that went through persecution in communist Russia as being jewish. My family ran away from their homes to get the rights they deserved in America. My parents had a choice to go to other countries to start a family and give his children rights thats he and my mother never had and he chose the U.S because this country was known for freedom and rights. However the way that Columbus treated Native Americans, it was their home at first and he just took it from them and created basically a massacre of all the tribes and people. Churchill even compares Christopher Columbus to Hitler in his essay, which from the facts, I completely agree with him.
The riots, protest and boycotting of the Columbus Day parade in October 12, 1991, was understandable. I understand why some people got upset; your celebrating a day the country was found but your also celebrating a murder who killed almost killed a mankind. They had every right to be upset. Churchill was correct when stating that the judges and courts should agree with protesters. Its like having a Hitler Day parade almost the same concept as the Columbus Day parade. You always think the good of people, I always thought of Columbus as not only the founder of a country but also a person who gavepeople an chance in the long years to come for our country, however, when someone give you a different side, your whole perception changes.
a native amaerican
