Why do white people celebrate christopher columbus day, when he started the slave trade?

i just want to know why people celebrate the day of christopher columbus, when he killed and capture many innocent people and force them into slavery? He also killed many carribean indians to exstinct, when he settled to their land such as now called (jamaica, dominian republic,hade's and much more). He forced africans and indians into slavery and ship them through out different ports in the carribean and also america....."that is how slavery started during that time era".............so why do white people celebrate it?





Here is a sample of a fact about christopher columbus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Jamaica



Jamaica, the 3rd largest Caribbean island, was inhabited by Arawak natives. When Christopher Columbus arrived at the island, he claimed the land for Spain. Still, it was not truly colonized until after his death. But only a few decades after Columbus' death almost all Arawaks were disappearing[citation needed]. Spain held the island against many buccaneer raids at the main city, which is now called Spanish Town. Eventually England claimed the island in a raid, but the Spanish did not relinquish their claim to the island until 1670.



Jamaica became a base of operations for buccaneers, including Captain Henry Morgan. In return these buccaneers kept the other colonial powers from attacking the island. Africans were captured, kidnapped, and forced into slavery to work on plantations when sugarcane became the most important export on the island.



Many slaves arrived in Jamaica via the Atlantic slave trade during the same time enslaved Africans arrived in North America. During this time there were many racial tensions, and Jamaica had one of the highest instances of slave uprisings of any Caribbean island.[1] After the British crown abolished slavery, the Jamaicans began working toward independence. Since independence there have been political and economic disturbances, as well as a number of strong political leaders.Why do white people celebrate christopher columbus day, when he started the slave trade?
That's the same as: Why do people prefer celebrate USA's day (or whatever its name is), when they've bombed more than 15 countries, started 7 wars, deceived its citiziens with sanity, security, corruption...?



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Those people that are celebrating are no more than sick minded people that prey upon the victims, like ravenous wolves ready to devour, they are devoid of sanctity and moral value for the lives of others innocent victims, while they feast and make merry as they enjoy the spoils of such, how sad

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Why do white people celebrate christopher columbus day, when he started the slave trade?
It isn't strange that "white" people celebrate Columbus day, given the connection between Columbus and slavery, it's strange that ANYBODY celebrates it.
You can't attempt to judge people in history by today's morality. While saddened by slavery and violence today it was common back then...it's his bravery and sense of adventure that is celebrated...not the slave trade...which he did not start...but which took a huge leap forward because of the discovery of the Americas by Europeans.
There is movement to change that but speaking of Columbus i figure he was sent to find more gold because monarchies were bankrupt from fighting each other and also I count 1492 as the beginning of the first world war since five armies wrre present in nthe amercas after that date and europe fought indigenous in rest of world.

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Not all white people celebrate Columbus Day anymore. The main reason they did was because they weren't educated in the things you are mentioning. Columbus had become largely mythical for many centuries, and it is only in the last half century that real scholarship has broken through a lot of that, and shown what a terrible guy he was to the native populations. Your article doesn't even go into the worst things. Columbus would have the hands cut off natives who couldn't pay the gold tax (they would almost always bleed to death.) He would give native girls as young as nine or ten as rewards to conquistadors for them to rape as sex slaves, in lieu of giving land or money. Truly horrendous stuff. By the way, supposedly the first African slave brought to the New World was by Columbus' son.



Additionally, the myth of his first voyage is overblown, and his second is practically ignored. Columbus did nothing new in 1492 that others hadn't already done, specifically the Vikings at least 500 years earlier. The significant voyage of Columbus is his second one, in 1493. He brought 17 ships, a minimum of 1500 men (it could have been double that), cannons, hunting dogs, pigs, cattle, sheep, artisans and craftspeople, architects and engineers, blacksmiths, etc... the makings of a new civilization. Trade routes were established, and new lands were continually discovered and conquered. The Columbian Exchange is the result. THAT is why he is significant, and it is truly significant. It is the first time in world history that one civilization was conquered by another across an ocean. The devastating effect on the New World is beyond catastrophic. Due to disease, 99% of the population died over the next century and a half. Nothing in world history can be compared to it.
Slavery was not invented by Colon. During roman time slave trade was a very lucrative market.



Also white people did not go to africa to haunt black people but to buy them. Who did sell black slaves? Rival black tribes. It was black people who sold black people into slaves.



Also the reason to celebrate Columbus Day is that it's thank to that that the world like it's know exists. For example, without Columbus' voyage Europe would've stayed in the middle ages for at least a couple of centuries more and democracy would be just a chimera.