#columbus day

[librosviejos]

Nos EUA, hoje celebram o tal "Columbus Day" (o 12 de outubro, que em muitos lugares vem sendo ressignificado como "Indigenous Peoples Day") — criado, em grande parte, por causa do lobby dos chamados "Italian-Americans," e mantido porque casa bem com a idéia do "American exceptionalism." Por orgulho pátrio (por mais que Colombo nunca tenha pisado em território estadunidense), homenageiam um monstro genocida.

Nas aulas de história, fala-se muito em Colombo, mas poucos ouviram falar de suas primeiras vítimas, os Taíno, povo caribenho de origem Arawak. Hoje celebramos a memória deles e dos inúmeros povos massacrados pelo genocídio inaugurado por Colombo e seus "Reis Católicos".

Leia mais: https://bit.ly/FuckColumbus

[artbyblastweave]

Now, I'm completely on board with the broader movement to nix Columbus Day, genocidal fuck that he was, but as is sometimes pointed out the goal in boosting that holiday to begin with was to try and throw a bone to then-not-fully-white Italians. So, armed with an understanding of the context of that historical moment, and with our eyes to the future, as we move away from that particular expression of the sentiment, I'm going to take the opportunity to talk about and celebrate some other significant accomplishments of the Italians. The sculpture, the paintings, the architecture. The literature. The astronomers. The pasta. They killed God. or maybe the son of God. Admittedly he only stayed down for three days but that's way more progress than anyone else has ever made on that front. I mean what have you done lately

[liberaljane]

Digital illustration of an indigenous man with two braids wearing a jean jacket. There's text that reads, 'Columbus didn't discover anything.'

[percistent]

Native Americans spent 15,000+ years warring with and conquering each other before European settlers showed up and did the same to them. That's the way the world worked for almost all of human history. They weren't noble savages peacefully coexisting before the white man came.

[victusinveritas]

[pastel-kaleesh]

Happy Columbus Day!

A friendly reminder that Columbus didn't just kill my ancestors, the Taínos of Borinken, for defying orders, he raped us, grilled us, cut us into pieces like sheep, run us down with hunting dogs, burnt us alive 13 at a time. And he and his men called us the savages.

And yet our children aren't taught that in school.

Never forget.

[traegorn]

Reminder: Columbus was also an idiot.

[itsfunny-bcitstrue]

ima day late with this one but oh well