Following the modern tendency of viewing the deeds of historical figures and cultures through the prism of today's morality, we eagerly await critical academic analysis of Indigenous People's practices, such as human sacrifice, cannibalism, and polygyny (one man, two or more wives).A statue of Christopher Columbus at San Francisco’s Coit Tower was vandalized with red paint over the weekend.
2008 file photo of Telegraph Hill (Chronicle)
The words “Kill all colonizers” were painted on the concrete that encircles the statue, said Supervisor Aaron Peskin, whose district encompasses the park.
By Sunday afternoon, crews had cleaned up the paint on the statue, located on Telegraph Hill in North Beach...
The federal holiday of Columbus Day is celebrated Monday. San Francisco supervisors voted in January 2018 to instead celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day.
While they're working on it we lift a glass to Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella. Salud!
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