Should Columbus be Honored like he is? (racist, claim, European)
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I haven't watched the video but I'm going to make a wild guess that the pro side of things is everything he accomplished and the con side of things is that he was mean to the Indians.
That's usually the way it goes in these historical revisionism things. We don't debate the person's accomplishments. We just look at them through 21st century eyes and find them to be a racist.
I haven't watched the video but I'm going to make a wild guess that the pro side of things is everything he accomplished and the con side of things is that he was mean to the Indians.
That's usually the way it goes in these historical revisionism things. We don't debate the person's accomplishments. We just look at them through 21st century eyes and find them to be a racist.
No, the Spaniards weren't the nicest people in the world.
But, let's don't forget the bad aspects of the native peoples, either.
No culture is lily white and pure. When you dig deep enough, you find the ugly underbelly every time.
Of course, this doesn't excuse the actions of the Spaniards or the Northern Europeans which came later.
Just remember, the natives weren't as pure of heart as the narrator would like you to believe.
By European standards, some parts of their culture were absolutely horrific, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that they were savages.
Don't be taken in by either side!
Click on the link above,please. Me, and a few fellow students were having this discussion in class recently. So folks what you do you guys think?
I have watched that series thru Netflix, it's very good.
I think Columbus is honored for the explorer and sailor/navigator that he was, just like we celebrate Einstein for his mathematics and scientific theory. we don't celebrate these men for what they did in other areas of their personal lives. If we did that, no one would have their professional achievements celebrated.
No, the Spaniards weren't the nicest people in the world.
But, let's don't forget the bad aspects of the native peoples, either.
No culture is lily white and pure. When you dig deep enough, you find the ugly underbelly every time.
Of course, this doesn't excuse the actions of the Spaniards or the Northern Europeans which came later.
Just remember, the natives weren't as pure of heart as the narrator would like you to believe.
By European standards, some parts of their culture were absolutely horrific, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that they were savages.
Don't be taken in by either side!
The Europeans measured intelligence and sophistication differently then the native Americans did. They would have looked at the people and said where are your great engineering achievements, and not seeing compatible ones to the Romans, they would have thought lesser of the people. BTW, what would Europe have been without the Romans? Would they have been nomadic bands of wild men?
We were light years ahead of the Europeans in horticulture and natural medicines and hunting, foraging land and wildlife management. The Europeans did not know how to live with the land, new nothing of managing land or wild game, they proved that from the wasted and impoverished lands the Europeans came from.
We are all wiser now, we know that the wealth of 10,000 years of lore and knowledge that was lost when those people disappeared must have been immense.
"Caribbean", it is said, comes from "caribe", a name used to describe the cannibals found in the islands.
Yes, in some ways the native peoples were very advanced.
And yet...
Cannibalism
Human sacrifice
slavery
etc.
No, they weren't all THAT wonderful!
"Caribbean", it is said, comes from "caribe", a name used to describe the cannibals found in the islands.
Yes, in some ways the native peoples were very advanced.
And yet...
Cannibalism
Human sacrifice
slavery
etc.
No, they weren't all THAT wonderful!
Can you explain how the behavior of indigenous peoples in the Caribbean should affect the original question in this thread? Let's say everything you claim is true. How should that inform our judgment of Columbus? You've lost me. If the question involved which culture featured more redeeming qualities, I would understand it. If the Aztecs engaged in human sacrifices, that should affect our judgment of Columbus or even Cortes? Please explain this line of logic.
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