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Try https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=Christopher+Columbus+genocide+ https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=Christopher+Columbus+genocide... I'm not being facetious in gi
by philipswood 6y ago
Try
https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=Christopher+Columbus+genocide+ https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=Christopher+Columbus+genocide...
I'm not being facetious in giving you a let-me-Google-that-for-you link (normally when one does that it's to sort of hint at someone they are too lazy to look up a technical question).
But in this case it's an honest invitation to do some basic research yourself. If I gave you specific links it could be cherry-picked links to highly skewed content to people with ideological axes to grind.
History (outside of government-sponsored and civic-minded textbooks) tends to be pretty grim and filled with bloodshed and injustice and this is no exception.
Your original comment doesn't state it's position clearly. I'm parsing it as a kind of exasperated disbelief in someone perceived to be making a ridiculous claim.
If instead this is a debate about the exact meaning and semantics of the use of the word 'genocide' feel free to ignore this.
Edit: updated link
- notadev 6y agoMost, if not all, of the anti-Columbus talk I've seen is from Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States". If I recall, that book's source was the writings of a Columbus critic of the time (a monk I think?) Are there any other sources that discuss Columbus and his interactions with native populations?
- philipswood 6y agoThere is an historical abstract from his own (lost) journals extant which casts some light on this.