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Trump issues a Columbus Day proclamation to 'reclaim' the explorer's legacy (laist.com)
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President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation declaring Monday to be Columbus Day, in an effort to "reclaim" what he called the famed explorer's "extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, perseverance and virtue."...

Critics and advocates like Kerri Malloy, a professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies at San José State University, have challenged Columbus Day and Christopher Columbus' legacy. He says Columbus' arrival to the Americas "triggered a mass genocide of Indigenous people throughout the Western hemisphere," which included deadly diseases being spread among them, their land being stolen and being forced into Christianity...

"The proclamation reiterates the American fantasy of Columbus' voyage as solely a story of discovery and exploration, versus what it really was about — commerce and the exploitation of resources," said Malloy, the San José State professor. "You can't tell a story without telling both sides of it."

Still, the president is encouraging Americans to celebrate Columbus in some way on the holiday and display the U.S. flag on all public buildings.

"This is the president trolling people of color, underrepresented minorities that tend not to vote for his party or candidacy," said Matthew Fletcher, director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center at Michigan State University. "My sense is there's not a massive groundswell in favor of Columbus Day anymore, except, possibly, the Italian Americans."

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[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 66 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's actually kinda remarkable how he continues to find new depths to sink to. Like, it truly has no end.

[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He’ll probably find a way to declare April 20th a national holiday somehow.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The goal is to keep pushing to extremes ..... then when they backpedal ... everyone feels like they stopped him from going too far ... while at the same time, he's moved the conversation to even more extremes and no one noticed

Eventually, the conversation and actions will be so extreme that we'll all wonder how we got that far

[–] Inaminate_Carbon_Rod@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I think it’s more a “yay, reporters have finally stopped asking me about the Epstein files” deal.

[–] muffedtrims@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ratcheting that Overton window

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

... more like a sliding window they pushed so far and so fast it flew off its railing and the glass is flying through the air from the second story window.