Columbus Day and revisionist history
Posted: October 11th, 2022, 12:29 pmIn 1892, after a brutal lynching and mass murder of Italian-Americans in New Orleans, President Harrison declared a one-time national celebration of Italian heritage, hoping to placate Italian-Americans and repair relations with Italy.
They called it Columbus Day.
50 years later, during WW2, FDR labeled Italian-Americans "enemy aliens" and interned them.
To quell outrage over their treatment, FDR reversed his decision and declared Columbus Day a national holiday.
The purpose of making Columbus Day an official holiday was to virtue signal to a marginalized population, while continuing to marginalize them.
Renaming it Indigenous People's Day does the exact same thing.
Happy Tuesday!
They called it Columbus Day.
50 years later, during WW2, FDR labeled Italian-Americans "enemy aliens" and interned them.
To quell outrage over their treatment, FDR reversed his decision and declared Columbus Day a national holiday.
The purpose of making Columbus Day an official holiday was to virtue signal to a marginalized population, while continuing to marginalize them.
Renaming it Indigenous People's Day does the exact same thing.
Happy Tuesday!