Indigenous Peoples’ Day is necessary, but it should not replace Columbus Day. That would be too easy.
Columbus Day should be preserved, but as a day of mourning. It should become a Pan-American Genocide Remembrance Day. (If this doesn’t happen to Columbus Day, it will have to happen to Thanksgiving Day. Take your pick.)
Indigenous Peoples’ Day is necessary, but it should not replace Columbus Day. That would be too easy.
Columbus Day should be preserved, but as a day of mourning. It should become a Pan-American Genocide Remembrance Day. (If this doesn’t happen to Columbus Day, it will have to happen to Thanksgiving Day. Take your pick.)
Only after we white people mourn properly should we be allowed to celebrate the survival of indigenous people. No celebration should ever be allowed to erase the tragedy of post-Colombian history. Nor can we both mourn and celebrate on the same day. Thus, we must preserve two holidays: one for mourning and the other for celebration.
There is a National Day of Mourning that occurs every year simultaneously with Thanksgiving Day. But your point is valid, and I think what you're referring to is a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The USA has never had that despite its founding on genocide of one People and enslavement of another People. That is critically needed going forward.
Indigenous Peoples’ Day is necessary, but it should not replace Columbus Day. That would be too easy.
Columbus Day should be preserved, but as a day of mourning. It should become a Pan-American Genocide Remembrance Day. (If this doesn’t happen to Columbus Day, it will have to happen to Thanksgiving Day. Take your pick.)
Only after we white people mourn properly should we be allowed to celebrate the survival of indigenous people. No celebration should ever be allowed to erase the tragedy of post-Colombian history. Nor can we both mourn and celebrate on the same day. Thus, we must preserve two holidays: one for mourning and the other for celebration.
There is a National Day of Mourning that occurs every year simultaneously with Thanksgiving Day. But your point is valid, and I think what you're referring to is a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The USA has never had that despite its founding on genocide of one People and enslavement of another People. That is critically needed going forward.