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The Crimes of Christopher Columbus Dinesh D'Souza Multiculturalism is presented by its advocates in the schools and universities as a benign alternative to monoculturalism. Historian Peter Stearns insists that the multicultural debate "is between those who think there are special marvelous features about the Western tradition that students should be exposed to, and others who feel it's much more important for students to have a sense of the way the larger world has developed." This is the unmistakable appeal of multiculturalism: it is obviously better to study many cultures rather than a single culture, to have diverse points of...

Few men are more revered by Italian-Americans than Christopher Columbus. But as the Order of the Sons of Italy notes, the politically correct have transformed him from "a skilled sea captain and deeply religious man" to a "bloodthirsty, gold-hungry slave trader who destroyed the Garden of Eden civilizations." They also claim he was complicit in "the genocide" of Indians through the introduction of infectious diseases. Balderdash. As author/columnist Michael Medved writes, Indians and Europeans were guilty of savagery but "none of the warfare (including an Indian attack in 1675 that succeeded in butchering a full one-fourth of the white population...

Columbus Day was originally celebrated Oct. 12, the day Christopher Columbus landed in the New World, but it is currently celebrated the second Monday in October. However, in some quarters, "celebrate" is not the appropriate term. Since about 1992, Columbus Day has been not only a celebration by Italian-Americans, but a day of protests by some - not all - Native Americans and by those who describe themselves as "multiculturalists." It is important to note who these "multiculturalists" are: people who think Western civilization is an evil culture. They want to portray the European/American culture as uniquely causing death and...

On the 100th anniversary of the Columbus Day Parade through downtown Denver this Saturday, American Indian protesters are planning to stop the parade in its tracks. "The leaders in last year's parade were people dressed up as members of the Third Cavalry. That was the unit who fought in the Sand Creek Massacre. It has nothing to do with Italian heritage," said Glenn Spagnuolo, one of the protest organizers who spoke at a rally this morning at Denver's City and County Building. He referred to the bloody 1864 Sand Creek raid by Colorado militiamen, in which 160 Cheyenne and Arapaho...

A [NM] House committee has approved two measures that would replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Day. Rep. Irvin Harrison, D-Gallup, who introduced both a bill (HB 1200) and a nonbinding memorial (HM 27), noted that nearly 200,000 Indian people live in New Mexico and said Indigenous Day "would be the perfect way to honor their contributions, accomplishments, history and culture." Native students at the University of New Mexico Law School asked Harrison to sponsor the legislation. Many Native Americans have campaigned for Columbus Day to be dropped as a state holiday because it honors Christopher Columbus and is seen as...

THURSDAY, Jan. 18, 2007, 8:07 p.m. WARD CHURCHILL: IDIOT OK, that's not exactly news. But watch this video where Churchill, fraud, bigot, and 9/11 apologist... as he explains why we should deny First Amendment rights to people who want to march in a Columbus Day parade. (And keep in mind how often he and his supporters have invoked free speech to justify his own appearances on university campuses.) The depth of his ignorance is matched only by his arrogance:Click on link to view video.

"Dad, why does America celebrate Columbus Day?" "Well, Billy, in 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed from Europe to America and founded the very first settlement in the New World. His arrival marks the beginning of America as we know it." "But didn't he discover America by accident, dad?" "Columbus believed the Earth was a sphere. He thought he could reach the Far East by setting off on a westward course. Though he stumbled upon what is now the Bahamas by accident, he was still a great explorer and a great man, Billy." "A great man, dad, or a racist oppressor?" "Pardon...

Campers to protest Columbus Day parade AIM; others won't seek permits to pitch tents near Capitol By Lou Kilzer, Rocky Mountain News October 3, 2006 The American Indian Movement and other activist groups plan to camp at Denver's Civic Center without permits this weekend to protest Saturday's Columbus Day parade. They say they don't need a permit from "an occupying power" to use their own land. State and Denver police said Monday they see things otherwise. If the protesters choose to occupy Veterans Park next to the Capitol as planned, State Patrol officers will remove them, said Department of Public...

NEW YORK — Nearly a half century after he marched in New York's Columbus Day parade as a high school student, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia returned to his hometown Monday to lead marchers up Fifth Avenue as the procession's grand marshal.Cheering spectators waving Italian flags and carrying banners stood six and seven deep along on some sections of the route through midtown Manhattan.Scalia, the first Italian-American to serve on the Supreme Court, marched in a brown suit and white sash and waved to the crowd while his wife, Maureen, followed in a gold Lamborghini.Asked how the experience compared to...

Weighing the Columbus cargo By Edward Hudgins ehudgins@objectivistcenter.org Published October 10, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------- Many critics argue Christopher Columbus gave us a devil's bargain. In October 1492 that Italian explorer, working for Spain, opened America to his fellow Europeans. The result: We got a prosperous New World by impoverishing, enslaving and murdering the natives who were already here. But this fails to distinguish between two types of exploitation, one over other humans and the other over nature. The former should be expunged from our moral codes and civilized society, the latter is the essence of morality and civilization. Human exploitation was...

"Dad, why does America celebrate Columbus Day?" "Well, Billy, in 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed from Europe to America and founded the very first settlement in the New World. His arrival marks the beginning of America as we know it." "But didn't he discover America by accident, dad?" "Columbus believed the Earth was a sphere. He thought he could reach the Far East by setting off on a westward course. Though he stumbled upon what is now the Bahamas by accident, he was still a great explorer and a great man, Billy." "A great man, dad, or a racist oppressor?"...

 ANTONIN SCALIA, US SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, NAMED GRAND MARSHAL OF NEW YORK’S COLUMBUS DAY PARADEJustice Celebrated In Pageant of Italian-American AchievementNew York, NY, September 23, 2005 - Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, will be Grand Marshal of Manhattan’s 2005 Columbus Day Parade, Lawrence Auriana, president of the Columbus Citizens Foundation, announced today. The parade, which is produced by the non-profit Foundation, is the largest Columbus Day event in the world and will be held on New York’s Fifth Avenue on October 10, 2005.  "We are honored that Justice Scalia has accepted our invitation to be...

<p>NEW YORK -- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Saturday that he had not expected President Bush to nominate him to replace the late William Rehnquist as chief justice. "I'm not even sure I wanted it, to tell you the truth," Scalia told reporters at a media briefing before a gala dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan Bush, who had in the past mentioned Scalia as one role model for an ideal chief justice, passed on Scalia and nominated John Roberts after Rehnquist's death. Scalia said the time he would have had to devote to administering the court as chief justice would have taken away from his thinking and writing.</p>

Well, the liberal stranglehold is alive and well here at the University of Pennsylvania. On Monday, we will not be observing Columbus Day. We will, however, be observing Martin Luther King day. Surprised? Don't be. I just received the following e-mail from the University's Career Services department: —–Original Message—– From: GJB2008 [mailto:XXXXXXXX] On Behalf Of XXXXXXX Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 2:05 PM To: XXXXXXX@LISTS.UPENN.EDU Subject: “Internships for Students of Color” panel program - 10/10 Do you know what you’re going to do next summer? Internships for Students of Color Panel Presentation | Information Session Monday, October 10 5:30-7PM Ben...

Christopher Columbus was a murdering, slave-trading, culture-killing, exploitative conqueror who had no regard for the people living on the land and claimed ownership of everything he saw the moment he stepped off the boat. He treated the indigenous population not as fellow humans, but simply as resources to be subjugated, raped and/or sold for profit. His defenders argue that we can't blame Columbus for all the bad things that happened during his repeated voyages to the New World, because conquering, enslaving and aggressively spreading Christianity were simply the norms of the time. That's true, but even by the standards of...

Members of the American Indian Movement of Colorado promised to cease protests of the Columbus Day parade if the mayor and City Council honor requests that include denouncing the parade and reviewing how U.S. history is taught. "We're saying, 'You won't halt this racist event, so will you at least end the ignorance in our community?"' said Leslie Andrews, a member of AIM and mother of three young sons. "At least give a chance to Indian children who get belittled in our educational system by prejudices and lies about their people." Mayor John Hickenlooper, who last week enraged groups on...

We're about a week away from Denver's annual Columbus Day confrontation. Each year at this time, Italian-Americans lawfully assemble to hold a parade honoring Christopher Columbus and celebrating their heritage while the usual suspects - professional Indian activists, assorted lefties and recreational demonstrators who do this kind of thing for fun - violate the civil rights of paraders and seek to block and disrupt the event. There's one new wrinkle this year. The Denver City council, in June, passed new ordinances that specifically outlaw the obstruction or disruption of duly authorized parades like this. In the past, the law was...

Rosen: Columbus clash, 2005 September 30, 2005 We're about a week away from Denver's annual Columbus Day confrontation. Each year at this time, Italian-Americans lawfully assemble to hold a parade honoring Christopher Columbus and celebrating their heritage while the usual suspects - professional Indian activists, assorted lefties and recreational demonstrators who do this kind of thing for fun - violate the civil rights of paraders

Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper sent a letter Wednesday to leaders on both sides of the Columbus Day parade conflict, expressing frustration at the annual confrontations over the historical figure's legacy. Although Hickenlooper doesn't take sides in his two-page letter, and comes out strongly in support of free speech rights, he clearly does not sound like a fan of the parade, which has generated significant protests in past years. "Frankly, I am sick and tired of this entire costly, frustrating and potentially dangerous situation that does nothing but generate ill will," Hickenlooper wrote. "I am happy to help celebrate Italian heritage....

In 1451, Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy. His true Italian name is Christoforo Colombo. Columbus' father was a weaver, and it was expected that Columbus would become one also. Instead, Columbus dreamed of becoming a sailor and so he talked with sailors and studied maps and charts. When Columbus was fourteen, he was hired as a cabin boy. His main voyages were short trips to the Mediterranean Sea. By the time Columbus turned thirty he became a captain. In 1476, Columbus became a Portuguese citizen and married Felipa. This is where his thoughts of traveling west to reach...

October 10, 2004 -- THERE'S a place in the world where French troops soon will be relieving American ones. But it's not Iraq — it's Spain. French soldiers have been invited to march in tomorrow's annual procession marking Dia de la Hispanidad, which is the Spanish version of Columbus Day. They're replacing U.S. Marines who have been disinvited from participating. Three years ago, in a gesture of solidarity following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Spain asked the Marines to take part in this annual celebration. They were invited back in 2002 and 2003. It looked like a new tradition was in...

Portland schoolchildren will continue to celebrate Columbus Day rather than "Columbus/Indigenous People's Day" or "Indigenous People's Day/Columbus Day." A measure that would have renamed the national holiday in October to honor both the explorer and American Indians failed to gain majority support of the Portland School Committee Wednesday. But the 4-4 vote on the proposal was encouraging to committee member Jason Toothaker, the original proponent, who said he may introduce it again next year. "A lot of the people who voted against it spoke in support of the idea," said Toothaker, one of three Green Party members on the committee...

Portland children would celebrate "Indigenous People's Day" rather than Columbus Day if the three Green Party members on the Portland School Committee had their way. But other committee members say the board lacks authority over federal holidays and shouldn't even consider the issue. Committee member Jason Toothaker is leading the effort to change the holiday's name. He says Christopher Columbus exploited Native American people and robbed and enslaved them. Many Native Americans view Columbus's 1492 voyage as a tragic event that launched the European colonization of the New World, he says. Toothaker describes himself as one-sixteenth Indian. His father's grandmother...

DENVER - The Denver City Attorney dropped charges against protesters who blocked the Columbus Day Parade, after eight organizers argued that the celebration of Columbus represents hate speech and encourages the theft of land and loss of language and culture in Indian country. ''Our acquittal last week and the dismissals today are a great victory for historical accuracy and for the power of our spiritual ways - both the pipe and the drum were present in the courtroom and I believe that our trial was the first time in history that the AIM song was sung in open court,'' co-organizer...

Should the city continue to celebrate the legacy of Christopher Columbus with a parade? Yes. It's a state holiday and it gives Italians Americans a chance to celebrate. If you don't like it, you don't have to attend. No. Christopher Columbus didn't "discover" America. He killed thousands of Native Americans

DENVER (AP) - More than 200 sign-waving and chanting protesters were arrested Saturday after blocking a Columbus Day parade for more than an hour, police said. Police said they began making arrests after ordering the group of about 600 protesters to leave when the parade was about a block away. The 230 protesters who were arrested were charged with loitering and disobedience to a lawful order. There were no reports of violence or injuries. Police said the protesters, many of whom were American Indians, gathered at the state Capitol, then marched to the parade route in downtown Denver. Most carried...

So anyone here who isn't gubment or work in a bank have Columbus Day off? Seems it is non-PC so no one gets it off anymore... Or as in the case of a former employer...they dropped Columbus Day to make MLK a holiday... with a clever memo saying that they were adding MLK...but not mentioning they were dropping Columbus Day...it was just missing from the list of holidays they provided at the end of the memo...

Columbus Day is again upon us. A parade. Balloons. Cops. Violence. Recrimination. Pseudo-historical ranting. You know - fun for the kids. A few Native Americans and the usual suspects in the Coalition of Progressives Against All Western Culture will again attempt to intimidate local Italian-Americans as they celebrate the legacy of an important, if somewhat imprecise, explorer. Christopher Columbus is often compared to Adolf Hitler or Joseph Stalin. The Genoese explorer doesn't belong in any conversation that includes genocidal dictators. Quite the opposite. But Vernon Bellecourt, the principal spokesman for the American Indian Movement, has fought against Columbus Day for...

On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered the New World, opening a sea route to vast uncharted territories that awaited the spread of Western civilization. Centuries later, the ensuing cultural migration culminated in the birth and explosive growth of the greatest nation in history: the United States of America. On September 11, 2001, that nation came under attack by Islamic totalitarians who hate the distinctive values of Western civilization that America so proudly embraces--reason, science, individual rights, and capitalism--and who targeted the World Trade Center and the Pentagon as symbols of those values. These attacks could not be dismissed as...

Bush Pulls Press Corps Bypass CBS Says President Declaring a 'PR War' by Speaking Directly to Local News By Doug Halonen and Michele Greppi An initiative by President Bush on Columbus Day to bypass most of the White House press corps and take his message about what America is doing in Iraq to the American heartland was pronounced a success last week by an administration spokesman. "It was an effort to reach Americans that get their news from their local television stations," said Allen Abney, a White House spokesman. However, a CBS report labeled it the "public relations equivalent of...

Columbus Day was the product of the Italian population of New York City, which organized the first celebration of the discovery of America on October 12, 1866. In 1869, the Italian – American population of San Francisco celebrated October 12, as Columbus Day. It was not until 1905, that a state, Colorado, observed a Columbus Day and in 1937 FDR proclaimed October 12 Columbus Day. Today Columbus Day is disparaged by liberal multiculturalists who distort the history of Christopher Columbus and has been since 1992. An October 2, 2003 post to the Portland Independent Media Center addressed the issue of...

As cities around the country held traditional Columbus Day celebrations, America-haters on today's college campuses protested Christopher Columbus' alleged genocidal megalomania. Mainstream Americans correctly perceive Columbus as the most important explorer in the history of the world, but Leftists in academia see Columbus as Adolf Hitler's evil twin. Why do they hold this psychotic worldview? Though Leftists whine and moan about imaginary genocide, the truth is quite simple: They will never forgive Columbus for the greatest sin of all — bringing Western Civilization to the New World. Liberals abhor Western Civilization because its tenets include science, logic, reason, and...

President Bush speaks about Columbus Day at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building Monday, Oct. 13, 2003. President Bush, annoyed by what he considers the 'filter' of news reporting, will seek to go around the press on Monday through television outlets that do not routinely cover the White House. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

PONTEFICATIONS “IF THEY’RE ASKING US TO CHANGE THE NAME FROM COLUMBUS, then no way,” said Italian-American Tom Romolo on Saturday. “Our position is that as long as Columbus Day is a federal holiday, then this parade will be called the Columbus Day Parade.” But in Denver, Colorado, where Romolo is co-chairman of this annual parade’s committee, this event named for Christopher Columbus has since 1989 been a target of Native American and other protestors. These protestors denounce Columbus as comparable to Adolf Hitler for launching the mass enslavement and murder of Indians by Europeans. In 1991 protests grew so violent that...

<p>"The journey of the explorer from Genoa is one of the great stories of daring and discovery," President Bush said in a Columbus Day observance.</p> <p>"Every aspect of our culture, whether it be art or music, to law and politics, owes something to the influence of Italian Americans," Mr. Bush said.</p>

<p>President Bush yesterday asserted his authority as the chief decision maker on postwar Iraq and lashed out at critics for portraying his advisers as paralyzed by political infighting.</p> <p>"The person who is in charge is me," Mr. Bush said in an interview with Turner Broadcasting. "In all due respect to politicians here in Washington, D.C., who make comments, they're just wrong about our strategy. We've had a strategy from the beginning."</p>

A lot of accepted 'facts' about our Founding Fathers are not only wrong, they are outright lies and distortions of the truth. When big national debates erupt in America, maybe over the California recall, or the Ten Commandments controversy in Alabama, the Founding Fathers usually get dragged into it, and they're usually misquoted and misused by liberals. What would the founders have thought about the California recall? It's mob rule, liberals have said; not at all what the founders would have wanted. Not true, according to a leading authority on the founders. Historian David Barton said, "The Founding Fathers would...

Transcript of Remarks by President Bush on Columbus Day 10/13/03 12:02:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: White House Press Office, 202-456-2580 WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a transcript of remarks by President Bush on Columbus Day: Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Room 450 10:32 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, all, please be seated. Grazie, Antonio. (Laughter and applause.) Thank you all for coming. I'm honored to join you in observing Columbus Day and to celebrate Columbus Day in the District named after Christopher Columbus. The journey of the explorer from Genoa is one of the...

Columbus' Critics Blamed for Pointing Fingers at WhitesMarc Morano Senior Staff Writer (CNSNews.com) - - On the day set aside to honor the famed explorer of the West Indies, Christopher Columbus is also the subject of protests across the country. But cultural critic David Horowitz has rallied to Columbus' defense. Protesters who "only point fingers at white people" and allege that Columbus sparked the genocide of millions of Indians, ignore the fact that native populations visited by Columbus conducted their own forms of genocide. Anti-Columbus demonstrations involve "the same people that celebrate Fidel Castro, Ho Chi Min, Chairman Mao and...

<p>CARACAS, Venezuela, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is urging Latin Americans to boycott Monday's Columbus Day celebrations.</p> <p>Christopher Columbus' 1492 arrival to America triggered a 150-year "invasion" of native Indians by foreign conquerors, who behaved "worse than Hitler," Chavez said during a meeting in Caracas attended by representatives of the indigenous population in South America.</p>

Monday October 13, 2003 Christopher Columbus must have had a really good press agent By JACK HYDE Special to The Sentinel I really do not mean to show any disrespect, but I think Christopher Columbus must have had a really good press agent. It has long been disputed that he was the first one from across the Atlantic to set foot in the western hemisphere, Columbus, Ohio, to be exact, paving the way for the granting of casino rights to Native Americans. For we also know that groups of Vikings preceded him by many years, first landing in Minneapolis, Minn....

City Celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day in Style Photo/Bhuvan Jain A participant wears an decorated headdress during Saturday's powwow in anticipation of today's holiday, which featured dance, music and food. By JESSIE BRUNNER Contributing Writer Monday, October 13, 2003 Flashes of light gleamed off the vibrant, elaborate dress of a small group of American-Indian dancers as they moved to pulsating drum beats, transforming Martin Luther King Jr. Park into an Indian powwow Saturday. A large crowd gathered to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day, today's holiday that, in 1992, officially replaced Columbus Day in Berkeley. For many in attendance, the 12th annual...

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged Latin Americans on Saturday not to celebrate Columbus Day, saying the 1492 discovery of the Americas triggered a 150-year "genocide" of native Indians by foreign conquerors who behaved "worse than Hitler." "Christopher Columbus was the spearhead of the biggest invasion and genocide ever seen in the history of humanity," the populist president told a meeting in Caracas of representatives of Indian peoples from across the continent. Columbus Day on Oct. 12 is celebrated as a holiday in the United States and several Latin American nations, but Chavez said it should be...

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged Latin Americans on Saturday not to celebrate Columbus Day, saying the 1492 discovery of the Americas triggered a 150-year ``genocide'' of native Indians by foreign conquerors who behaved ``worse than Hitler.''``Christopher Columbus was the spearhead of the biggest invasion and genocide ever seen in the history of humanity,'' the populist president told a meeting in Caracas of representatives of Indian peoples from across the continent.Columbus Day on Oct. 12 is celebrated as a holiday in the United States and several Latin American nations, but Chavez said it should be remembered as...

As Columbus Day approaches, not every American is gearing up to celebrate. Some are protesting. In what has become an annual ritual, hundreds of people banded together Friday night to stand against America's celebration of Christopher Columbus.Four groups of people, each wearing different colors meant to symbolize people of diverse races and nationalities, walked from various points in Denver starting at 5:30 p.m. and met in City of Cuernavaca Park in the Central Platte Valley.One group, dressed in yellow, burned incense, banged drums and chanted as they marched from the state Capitol down the 16th Street Mall.The group - over...

ITHACA--Students, faculty and staff gathered at noon yesterday on Ho Plaza in a rally against the celebration of Columbus Day this Monday. Native American Students at Cornell was the main organizer of the rally. The group had the support of other organizations on campus: the American Indian Program, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA), the Akwe:kon program house and the Latino Living Center. These groups supported the rally because they feel that the image of Columbus as a hero is a Native American concern as well as a Latino and an African-American issue. "The indigenous people are near extinction," said...

By David Yeagley I don’t understand why American Indian activists have focused on Christopher Columbus as the symbol of all ill that has befallen Indians of the Americas. It’s a catchy, indigenous trend, and now even Mexicans are complaining about Columbus as they try to identify with “American” Indians. Mexicans joined American Indians in Denver, back in 1992, along with American Negroes and even Koreans, A clear and severe case of anti-white racism and anti-American, anti-Western ideology. What a glorious inflammation of ill-defined culture ego this crowd must have felt. The Mexican protest against Columbus has developed in recent years....

Columbus Day this year has a special meaning. Christopher Columbus is a carrier of Western Civilization and the very values attacked by terrorists two years ago on September 11. To the "politically correct," Columbus Day is an occasion to be mourned. They have mourned, they have attacked, and they have intimidated schools across the country into replacing Columbus Day celebrations with "ethnic diversity" days. The politically correct view is that Columbus did not discover America, because people had lived here for thousands of years. Worse yet, it's claimed, the main legacy of Columbus is death and destruction. Columbus is routinely...