NY Assemblyman Wants To Replace Columbus Day With Indigenous Peoples Day

New York Assemblyman Charles Barron will hold a press conference at the base of the Columbus statue in Columbus Circle to introduce a bill to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day.

Barron says that Christopher Columbus should not be celebrated.

“Columbus was a racist, he was a slave holder, he was a colonist, a murderer of indigenous people and he never stepped foot in America, according to many historians, so he never discovered America. And if he did, you can’t discover a place where people already exist.” Barron told 1010 WINS. “Murder is not a character flaw, colonization is not a character flaw, enslaving other human beings is not a character flaw. Those are crimes against humanity, and that should not be glorified by way of a special day.” See full story at: https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/10/09/new-york-indigenous-peoples-day/