Celebrating 'atrocities' by Columbus

Columbus Day is a federal holiday celebrated on the second Monday in October each year in USA, commemorating the discovery of the New World of Americas by a white European. According to the white European prospective, Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas and he was the first messenger from Western civilization to the Americas.

When Columbus and his companions came ashore in the Bahamas Islands, they were warmly welcomed by the natives. According to Columbus, the natives were very naive and he could easily manipulate them through coercion and force them to accomplish his mission to find treasure, which he promised to his expedition financiers in Spain.

Columbus brought bloodshed, massacre and extinction for the Native Americans through his greed. For example, Columbus almost exterminated the native Arawak tribe from the Bahamas Islands. What is the point of celebrating atrocities in the name of Columbus Day? Observing Columbus Day is showing disrespect towards the Native Americans' dead souls, who were made to suffer brutality and were murdered by Columbus and his associates.

Nawfal Talukdar
New York, USA