Discussion on Columbus and Indigenous Peoples

Columbus discovered America. It was empty.

Empty? Millions of indigenous people lived here.

What were they, invisible, Wei?

He discovered them too.

But he brought civilization.

The Maya had cities, mathematics, and sophisticated calendars.

Did they have Walmart?

No way. They survived without self-checkout.

He discovered the United States.

He first landed in the Bahamas.

Then Mexico.

Never landed in modern Mexico either.

Then where was he?

Find him, Columbus expert.

The Caribbean. Later, Central America.

He was the first European.

Norse explorers reached North America centuries earlier.

That just doesn't count.

Why? No Columbus Day coupon?

Imagine somebody walking into your house and claiming they discovered it.

I discovered this house.

What? Get out. I live here.

Doesn't matter. I discovered it.

But I was here first.

He just discovered the point.

Exactly.

So why Indigenous Peoples' Day?

To honor the peoples and civilizations here before Columbus,

and the indigenous

communities still here today.

History didn't start in 1492, Wei.

We- well, I'm still celebrating.

Good. I'll discover your house.

Stay off my property.

Now you're defending indigenous land rights.