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...also feels that recognizing the holiday doesn't imply a vindication of the actual conduct of Christopher Columbus or the violence of the colonial system...
...There were some very negative things, but they can't all be attributed to Christopher Columbus per se," Ferino says. "I don't think the negative things, such as blaming him for the destruction of the native American population, should be the cause after 500 years not to celebrate the discovery...
...Ehrl D. LaFontant, a city activist who sits on the board of the Haiti Communications Project, sees no reason to celebrate the quincentennial next Monday. The traditional version of the Columbus story is a dangerous distortion of the truth, he says...
...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...