Why Is Christopher Columbus Wrong

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"Christopher Columbus, In August 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. October 12th they sighted land, And set their feet upon the new sand." an ordinary song taught to children in school in the United States. Students learn how Columbus discovered the free man and celebrated his discovery of our great land. In the film "The Canary Effect' and reading "Lust for Gold, Lust for Silver" by Galeano Eduardo and “Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress” by Zinn, Howard explain how the history taught in middle school to students is a false truth fill with genocide and oppression. Columbus created a "systemic violence" as described in "The Five Faces of Oppression" by Young, Iris Marion. This false history Challenges Conventional knowledge because it criticizes the founder of the United States which is founded on genocide. …show more content…
He states "At his first landing on San Salvador atoll, Columbus was dazzled by the transparent hues of the Caribbean" (Galeano, 13) In the textbooks across America it states that Columbus has discovered 1492. Not only this, but Columbus was also known as a liar. He claimed that he was the first man to see land when reality it was Rogerio.Columbus lied vastly exaggerated on his reports to obtain more ships and fund his voyages. He forced Indians to give him gold, enslaved them and murder them if they refused. (Howard) The history taught to go against the Conventional Knowledge because it insinuates that the United States is built on murder and