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10/8/2017

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Columbus Day Should Be Dropped for Indigenous Peoples Day | Cities Are Voting To Drop This:

 
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Some Italian-Americans aren't happy about the decision, however the doctrine of discover has proved people were all ready living in the United States and every square mile. 

It's time to say good bye to the rude people that destroyed the natives land even after being taught to grow food, the rude man was named Christopher Columbus and today many people have been told this man discovered land that was already inhabited by Native Americans.  

The Indigenous Peoples Day has gained momentum in some parts of the United States. As Los Angeles in August becoming the biggest city yet to decide to stop honoring the Italian explorer and instead recognize victims of colonialism. 

​Austin, Texas, followed suit Thursday and Austin has joined cities, including San Francisco, Seattle, and Denver, that had already removed the thought of Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples Day more than the man who opened the Americas to European domination strikes of matches of fire from some Italian-Americans, who say eliminating their festival of ethnic pride is culturally insensitive, in very difficult time in the United States for well over a hundred years. 




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