Posted on 10/14/2021 3:02:11 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
Italian Sons and Daughters of America & more than 50 other major Italian-American organizations have sent a scathing letter to President Biden for becoming the first U.S. President to "effectively 'cancel' Columbus Day."
The groups say they "strongly condemn" Biden's "hurtful, disparaging and insensitive" proclamation declaring Columbus Day to be Indigenous People's Day which, they say, "acknowledges that you obviously do not wish to establish a meaningful relationship with the Italian American community."
The letter says:
*Biden doesn't understand the history of Italian-Americans.
*The largest mass lynching in American history was of 11 Italian immigrants in 1891.
*The widespread smearing of Christopher Columbus contains multiple false narratives.
"You, sir, have undone over a century of good will.”
The false narrative begins, most strongly, with the issue of slavery. Columbus is wrongly portrayed as the man who introduced slavery to the New World.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Columbus never owned a slave, and, in fact, the slave trade had already existed and thrived long before his arrival, with the Native Americans possessing thousands of Indigenous slaves, and continued long after Columbus’s death.
It is not widely known that the slave trade from Africa did not begin until one hundred years after the death of Columbus, nor is it acknowledged that many Native American tribes owned African slaves.
(Excerpt) Read more at sharylattkisson.com ...
(The widespread smearing of Christopher Columbus contains multiple false narratives.)
‘1984’ - just a few decades early
He doesn’t have the power to cancel anything that’s outside of the executive branch of gubmint.
Note to members of the old-time Democrat coalition (including Italian-Americans): Today’s Democrats don’t care about you in the least. They want your votes, and your tax dollars.
You’ll get nothing in return but insults.
Since when does that fraud have any power over holidays?
FJB
>>They want your votes, and your tax dollars.
As opposed to mainstream republicans, which want your votes and tax dollars.
Used to be a time thst when it came to Italians and heritage, this country would walk around on egg shells. Now its “fuka-u!”
Fongoul, Brandon
It isn’t just about Columbus. It is about being ashamed of, if not hating, our civilization. If it hadn’t been Columbus, it would have been someone else, and he would have been demonized. Of course, the people who make the biggest stink are only signaling their supposed virtue. I have never heard of anyone who cries about “stolen land” who gave their portion of it back to the natives, and returned to their ancestral lands.
Hilarity ensues, Artie gets hit by someone, and Tony later goes ballistic that the guys embarrassed themselves.
and fongoul to the italians who vote demoKKKrat...
Amen! Wait until the government wants you to share the things you have with the have nots. These far lefties will have none of it.
Just one more demographic the Democrats have decided to jettison. The elderly, blue collar workers, Italians. Entirely anecdotal, but a whole lot more of my Italian friends have moved over to the GOP than my Irish friends. The Irish are still split, mostly along gender lines.
Because of Cristobol, we have today’s modern “hot Latinas”. That gorgeous combination of Indian, Euro and maybe some African flair wrapped up in a golden brown package with a black hair topping that flows down to their beautiful thighs. Who is to say what would have happened or how long it would take otherwiseIf he had not braved the seas? I have profited from his courage all of my life.
Thank you for my hot Latina, Cristobol - Saluti!
And if you don’t like Cristobol, lefties - You in particular can BIOYA. 😬
you win the prize!
Russell Means is turning over in his grave. He lived for Columbus Day. He and his sidekick and some rez peeps would come to Downtown Denver to throw manure at our feet and yell as we marched by and Means would give a speech.
I don’t think they would appreciate my name for the holiday: Get Your Lazy Civil Service Asses Back To Work Day You’re the only ones who get the day off and you don’t deserve 11 national holidays when almost everyone else gets 6 at most.
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