NEW YORK, NY – New York lawmakers are doing what they can to remove Christopher Columbus from the history books and to cancel Columbus Day once and for all.
Their plan is simple, to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day.
A new law proposed by Democrat lawmakers in Albany says Christopher Columbus did not discover America but should be remembered instead for the genocide and oppression of indigenous people in America.
“Christopher Columbus did not discover America. Indigenous People’s Day reimagines Columbus Day and changes a celebration of colonialism into an opportunity to reveal historical truths about the genocide and oppression of indigenous people in the Americas, to organize against current injustices and to celebrate indigenous resistance,” says the bill sponsored by New York legislator Jessica Ramos.
The bill proposes changing the designation of the public holiday of Columbus day to Indigenous People’s day.