Word: columbus
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...from discovering America and bringing it civilization and culture," LaFontant says, "Columbus in fact destroyed the civilizations and cultures that existed in this part of the world. Ninety million indigenous people have been wiped...
...Columbus Day should be used, LaFontant believes, not to exalt the man who "discovered" the New World, but rather to reflect on what his voyage meant for the people already on this continent and those who followed him across the ocean, both as free immigrants and as slaves...
With that goal in mind, the Haiti Communications Project has joined with two organizations, the 500 Years is Enough Coalition, and the Committee of 500 Years of Resistance, to "demystify...[and] bring out the truth about Christopher Columbus' voyage," LaFontant says. The groups will bring speakers and performers to Jamaica Plain on Monday to address slave trade, the annihilation of the native American population and the cultural legacy of colonization...
This opposition to Columbus Day has influenced even more traditional commemorative efforts. Ferino acknowledges that the controversy surrounding the Columbus image has shifted, perhaps permanently, the focus of the holiday...
City Hall has also been making an effort to keep public school students abreast of the rapidly changing meaning of the Columbus story. Cathy Hoffman, director of the city's Peace Commission, has been working with the city's Multicultural Education Committee to "challenge the notion of Columbus as hero" through curricula and student workshops...