Columbus Discovered What????

Why does America have this really bad habit of celebrating the wrong people and the wrong things???? Do any of you even know what Columbus Day is about? No we are not celebrating a white man who discovered America. It is not a glorious day. Christopher Columbus was a man of hate, was apart of ripping the Native American's land from them, and carried no guilt. They were "just Indians being Indians" not bothering a single soul (108). The textbooks teach us, "in 1942, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue," but what they aren't teaching us the awful things he did. America often brushes our dirty past under the rug while praising the wrong things. Not enough awareness is brought to Native Americans today and it's upsetting. As a minority myself, I understand the "punishment" they are experiencing (106). I believe we should not put Christopher on a high horse and instead we should kick him off. I say we celebrate not just Native Americans, but all the minirities mistreated on Indigenous People Day, who's with me???? Ooooohhhyeeaaaaa😎