Due to the relevance of the Europeans bringing diseases and unkindly circumstances toward the Native Americans, Columbus Day should be ruled out of society and no longer considered a holiday. Columbus came with others on ships over to the Americas (not knowingly at the time), and killed many Native Americans with European diseases and weapons. Columbus did not discover America; he merely stole what the Native Americans had already claimed for themselves.
Columbus Day is a disgrace to be considered a national holiday and should be abolished. Replacing it with a more appropriate holiday would be very fitting in this situation because Columbus did us no good when he found America, by aimlessly slaughtering innocent Native Americans. Not only did Columbus slaughter the Native Americans, but the Native Americans still living after all of this destruction had most of their traditions and customs wiped out. They were forced to hate their god and to become Christian, thus wiping out the majority of their specialized ceremonies. Abolishing and/or replacing Columbus Day is the best solution to this ongoing yet short term problem that could be easily fixed if people actually took the time to notice what great harm the Europeans inflicted upon the Native Americans.
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