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December 21, 2012
Arizona State University Votes To Rename Columbus Day “Indigenous People Day” ~ Idiots!
Arizona State University Votes To Rename Columbus Day “Indigenous People Day”
The student government at Arizona State University has voted to change Columbus Day to Indigenous People Day. The Tempe Undergraduate Student Government Senate passed Bill 44 to rename the holiday after contentious debate on campus.
Christopher Columbus has long been known as an admirable adventurer in American lore whose adventurous spirit led him to “discover” America. But, in recent years his legacy has faced mounting criticism for the perceived negative effects his life had on Native Americans.
In the United States, Columbus Day is an official federal holiday. However, not all states recognize the day. South Dakota, instead, celebrates Native American Day. The name “Indigenous People Day” originated in Berkley, California, a city that began celebrating the holiday as an alternative to Columbus Day in 1992.
In Tempe, students were split on the issue. Those in support of the change believed that the bill was a positive way to commemorate the Native Americans whose lives they say were lost as a result of Columbus’s arrival to the New World. The opposition said the bill was an example of unnecessary political correctness. There was also another group that preferred that the campus do away with celebrating the day for either cause.
Wild Thing's comment.................
It will always amaze me how screwed up our country has become. It gets harder and harder to think or feel it will ever come to it's senses again.
Posted by Wild Thing at December 21, 2012 12:44 AM
Comments
Jerks.
Posted by: BobF at December 21, 2012 08:41 AM
Everybody born in America is indigenous to America.
Posted by: TomR,armed in Texas at December 21, 2012 12:46 PM
