Columbus Day!?!? What the f* are we celebrating?
danah boyd | apophenia 2016-10-30
Summary:
Today is Columbus Day, a celebration of colonialism wrapped up under the guise of exploration. Children around the US are taught that European settlers came in 1492 and found a whole new land magically free for occupation. In November, they will be told that there were small and disperse savage populations who opened their arms […]
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