Most Americans are in favor of celebrating Columbus Day

A new poll announced Tuesday indicated that Americans admired Christopher Columbus at a 2: 1 ratio and thought that holidays named after Italian explorers were a good idea.

According to a survey conducted by Marist College in collaboration with the Order of Columbus, 56% of Americans are closely watching Columbus, but 28% are disadvantageous, the rest are uncertain.

Likewise, 57% said that vacation is a good idea named after Columbus, 29% said it was a bad idea, others were not.

Columbus is respected for helping the discovery of the United States of America. Especially Italian-American think that he is a symbol of progress and cultural pride.

However, Columbus' critics condemned him for slaughtering and enslaving indigenous peoples of the Caribbean.

In August, the City Council of Los Angeles canceled Columbus Day and decided to change its name in commemoration of "Earth, Earth and Indigenous Peoples."

Blacks' respondents have a negative view on Columbus at a ratio of 2 to 1 - 54% is not good for 25%, the rest is undecided

African Americans say 54% to 33%, and the holiday named after Columbus is a bad idea.

Another question is "Do you think that Christopher Columbus and other historical figures should be judged according to criteria of time behavior of their lives or standards of today's action?"

Three of the four respondents (76%) answered that they should be judged according to their time criteria, while only 16% said they were judged according to today's standards.

The heritage of Columbus was the basis of the controversy in New York City. The mayor of Beard Brazio has set up a committee to decide whether historic buildings in public places are "oppressed and inconsistent with the values ​​of New York City."

Italian-American leaders are afraid that the Columbus regulations, including groundbreaking regulations of the city's Columbus Circle, will be canceled, but the mayor claims that there is no plans to do so.

The Columbus Orchestra is the world's largest Catholic brotherhood and has long considered the Italian seamen as an important Catholic.

"He is a person who transcends his own time.He has brought two worlds and started a process that led to the establishment of this country, which proves American commitment to a fair interpretation of history Although the popularity of the explorer still exists, British propaganda, unjust and hateful attackers of KKK and scholars of revisionists "and Karl Anderson, the CEO of the Columbus Order, said.

Surveys targeting 1,224 adults were conducted from 11th to 13th September 2017 with an error rate of 8 points.

With this awareness, many people have relocated Columbus Day holidays as a celebration of 'indigenous day' campaign to promote Colombian Day indigenous day's history and culture. It also ignores some negative aspects of Native American history. The Los Angeles City Council recently voted to change Columbus Day to "Indigenous Day". In Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, the statue of Columbus is hidden or contaminated. Like the controversy of the Federation Memorial, this seems to be another attempt to teach it and to erase history rather than to teach all aspects.

For most Americans, Columbus Day is a celebration day as it is the beginning of our history. There was nothing before Columbus Since Columbus, more Europeans came to the Atlantic Ocean, eventually forming this wonderful country. But for Native Americans, Columbus Day is the beginning of the end of their lifestyle. From the first day, Indians were repressed and extinct. Native American owned land in North America before Columbus, but now Native American does not own land and is under government reservation. Glenn Morris and Russell Means believe that no one should celebrate Columbus Day and should not be a holiday. "We advocate replacing the divided Columbus Day holiday with a more comprehensive celebration that more accurately reflects American cultural and ethnic richness" (Morris and Means 14). I am proud of being an American and I thank Columbus.

People 's Day (also called Native American Day) is a festival celebrated all over the United States as an anti - celebration event for Columbus Day. The aim of the day is to promote the culture of Native American and commemorate the history of Native American. Celebration began in 1992 in Berkeley, California as a substitute for Columbus Day. Indigenous days are usually held on the second Monday of October consistent with the Commemorative Day of Columbus Day.