One narrator on a program on H2 probably said it best-soon the issue won’t be who discovered America, but who didn’t...
It appears that the Solutreans from what is now Europe got here 20,000 years ago or earlier when the sea levels were much lower because of the ice. Columbus was just the “discoverer” who was backed with the most money, by the Spaniards who wanted to raid, enslave and steal from the natives to get the jump on Britain for a new place to operate from and steal the bucks to finance their expansion.
Since the ancestors of so many of us-me included-were a combination of Native and Spanish, and the natives were likely already a combination of a bunch of others-including Africans-think “Olmecs” etc-what is the point in anyone at all asking for reparations-we were all likely badly treated/enslaved by newbies aka conquerors-from day one in pre-history...
“...what is the point in anyone at all asking for reparations-we were all likely badly treated/enslaved by newbies aka conquerors-from day one in pre-history..”
We are all descended from murdering rapist cannibals and ought to be suitably humble.