Where is Christopher Columbus?
Had an interesting conversation this morning.It started with "Is this Columbus Day?"We both looked at each other and said "I don't know".
That's when I realized no one was talking about it.I saw nothing on the news, nothing online.Even Google, where there usually is a cartoon depictingwhat day it is, or this day in history, or somethinglike that, nothing... The top of the page was blank.
It seems like the media is downplaying the day.Even retailers. Where are the Columbus Day sales?
Now I know over the past couple of years there hasbeen a movement, and more than a little controversyabout sliding Columbus out of the picture and pushingthe Nina the Pinta and the Santa Maria back over thehorizon, back to Spain where they came from.
The question which then rose in my mind was"Does the whole country feel this way?"Does everyone agree we just erase this part of historyor is there a vocal minority actually steering the ship.[sorry about the pun]
The answer might be in a series of chartsput together by YouGov.com.You take a look and you decide.
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