It’s Not Where We’ve Been But Where We’re Going

There are a lot of hot items in the news today. Everything is a point of contention and people love it. We LOVE our right to have and express all our various opinions anywhere and everywhere we go. We even memorialize our opinions in the form of statues and other art in town squares and parks.

One of those opinions is the opinion that Christopher Columbus was a great explorer to be revered and celebrated at least once a year. His name is a staple of every child’s history textbook. He’s so revered by Western culture that his statue graces a south Philadelphia park.

I thought that it might be a good idea to give my readers a more accurate historical perspective on Columbus, since a judge has just issued an unpopulater order that the plywood box covering Columbus’ serene features can remain through Columbus Day, since Columbus Day should really have been Indigenous People’s Day, in the first place. Let’s unpack some of the reasons why.

Let’s not start with the fact that the Native Americans were here long before we were, because that’s a no-brainer. It’s too easy and I always end up circling back to it, anyway.

Let’s start instead, with a quote from the article linked above:

In Philadelphia, a city with a deep Italian heritage, supporters say they consider Columbus an emblem of that heritage.

The fact of the matter is that Phili IS NOT ITALY AND……. COLUMBUS NEVER LANDED IN NORTH AMERICA. He landed first on…