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Is Time to Abolish Columbus Day and Name It Right. Indigenous People Day
Enough with the #thanksgiving tradition that celebrates genocide and white supremacy. #indigenouslivesmatter
Today October 12, in 1492 in human history. It marked the day Indigenous people discovered a man who was lost at sea and landed in the Americas believing he was arriving in India. They took him in, and in their rich economy and culture, they gave gifts and offered this man and his crew food and shelter. Their economy was a culture of reciprocity. Something the white settlers here in America and all around the world, when met with indigenous wisdom refused to reciprocate.
In the white cultures — focused on praising thought and individualism over collectivism and spirituality, there have always been limited beliefs at the core of their understanding of the world, where only a few linear actions were possible: to take, to appropriate, and to conquer.
And so they did.
