Columbus Wasn't Only a Hustler, but...

I don't know why I get Columbus Day off.  I wish they'd just give us the day off after Thanksgiving instead like we had before our last merger.  We'd work on Columbus Day and in exchange we'd receive the day off after Thanksgiving in addition to Thanksgiving day.  I've been through about four mergers with my work since I've been there, and it appears we adopt the shittiest parts of the other company's business structure during each transition.



I am a little indifferent about Columbus, I already mentioned before that Columbus was 'a hustler', but I didn't realize he was a straight up thug!:

• Columbus is responsible for the murder of millions of indigenous people.


• Columbus was a slavetrader in Africa before invading America. He began the slave trade in the Americas. He deserves no holiday, no parades, no statues.


• Columbus Day celebrates the doctrine of discovery – the legal process that stole Indian people's territories, and that continues today.


• Columbus brought a philosophy of domination to the Americas that persists today – domination of other peoples, domination of the environment, domination of other belief systems, domination of women by men.

And apparently, Google isn't a fan - they didn't acknowledge Columbus Day in their logo as they do for many other holidays or anniversaries.  Instead, they have up for today a picture commemorating Paddinton bear's 50th anniversary.

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