UPDATE: My latest article over at Everyday Feminism: “4 Ways To Celebrate Columbus Day (Without Celebrating Columbus Day)”
TW: Explicit images and words depicting slavery, brutality, and other atrocities.
To hear me perform in ironic pentameter, click here.
“1492.0”
In fourteen hundred ninety-two
An explorer sailed for Asia true
But lost, got he, this Italian chap
Unsure East from West – who needs a map?
So upon an island Columbus’ ships did land
Land filled with many a child, woman, and man
Despite the Taino Arawak people, Columbus did proclaim
“’Tis the Indies! (Or whatever. I declare it for Spain.)”
The explorer could do no wrong
His wit was short as his sword was long
He demanded gold from the people there
When he got some – then none – he did despair
So he murdered and pillaged and raped with abandon
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Unsettling America 
Thank you for this post, we should get rid of Presidents’ Day, too.
Retake the educational system is the best option now on USA
On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Unsettling America wrote:
> Tlalli Yaotl posted: ” “