Colleges ‘Cancel’ Columbus Day, Instead Host Events For Indigenous Peoples Day

Authored by John Hanson via Campus Reform,

Monday, Oct. 12 marks Columbus Day, which many colleges and universities have begun to call Indigenous Peoples Day, hosting events to celebrate the Native Americans, as well as things like “queer journeys” and “police violence.”

Efforts to abolish or rename Columbus Day are nothing new, but colleges and universities have begun to make the change, with many calling the holiday “Indigenous Peoples Day.”

Campus Reform took a look at how school’s are celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day on their campus:

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Doug Casey on Columbus Day

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Justin’s note: Cities across the country are done with Columbus Day.

San Francisco has done it. Cincinnati’s done it. And most recently, Columbus, Ohio—a city named after Christopher Columbus—decided to stop celebrating the holiday.

All told, more than a dozen U.S. cities have stopped observing Columbus Day. And many now celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead. In other words, they honor Native Americans.

It’s an interesting development. So, earlier this week, I got Doug on the phone to get his thoughts…

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Los Angeles Changes ‘Columbus Day’ To ‘Indigenous Peoples Day’

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Trump was obliterated by the mainstream media a few weeks back when he spoke out against decisions to dismantle confederate statues all around the country.  While he was branded a racist for his comments, his point was that the logical conclusion of the Left’s crusade was the complete destruction of over 500 years worth of history since the Europeans first arrived in the ‘New World’.

As it turns, it looks increasingly like Trump was absolutely right.  As just the latest example of the wave of insanity sweeping the nation, the Los Angeles Times points out today that the city of Los Angeles has officially decided to scrap Columbus Day and instead replace it with “Indigenous People Day”… you know, because it’s just about time that everyone stop celebrating the “state-sponsored celebration of genocide of indigenous peoples.”

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