Columbus Day vs Indigenous Peoples’ Day: 2023 Anti-Columbus Facts

“Anti-Columbus Day activists are utilizing Christopher Columbus as an excuse to demonize American historical past basically, trusting that most individuals know little or nothing about Columbus.” This principle by the creator was confirmed proper final yr, as his first ebook Christopher Columbus The Hero was been publish. What began as a protest of Columbus Day and statues of Columbus, round August 2017, developed into protests towards American heroes like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and others, as well as of claims of racism in our American Anthem, culminating with violence and demise in Charlottesville, Virginia. To revisionists, Christopher Columbus is liable for all this, as a result of, of their view, he’s the one who introduced slavery, racism, and distress to the New World. The query is, are these allegations true?

On this ebook, the creator disproves the lies and propaganda towards Christopher Columbus and the American heroes revisionists attacked final yr. The creator reveals the reader how their techniques are just like these they use towards Columbus and his legacy. Although activists haven’t but been profitable in persuading many individuals towards American historical past and its heroes, they’ve been profitable in renaming Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in lots of states and cities, to the disrespect of the Italian-American group who lobbied for the Hero’s vacation.