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I think a postmodernist would say that the holiday should honor the Native people that had settled and were established on the land prior to Christopher Columbus’ arrival. They wouldn’t believe what authorities taught them about Columbus day and they would question the ethics and morality of Columbus himself for causing the enslavement and removal of the native people from their own land. I would have to agree with the postmodernist view on Columbus day because I always thought about how unfair it was to Native Americans to be stripped from their own ancestral lands. I also think about how common this cruelty was because it happened all around the world whenever a stronger country colonized and dominated a weaker community as well as stripped this weaker community of their culture in order to take their natural resources and land.
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With regards to the Columbus day, a postmodernist would probably want to change the holiday name to celebrate those who were here prior to Columbus. if documentaries if watched in the past are correct, Columbus was not the first to come to America but since he had more people backing him up from back in Europe, he was documented as the first and the discoverer of the Americas. A postmodernist would rather lean towards celebrating those indigenous people who were already here, like the natives or the Mayan and Aztecs and other groups throughout the continent. If Columbus was taught in the classroom as it was for me while in grade school, a postmodernist would probably just look the other way. The way he is blindly looked for his discovery and disregarded of all the cruelty that came after, to me is a disgrace. but what is done is done and we can only look forward and change our way of thinking.
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The definition of postmodernism is going against or criticizing beliefs regarding reality, human nature, and social nature. I believe that because of what postmodernism represents a postmodernist would criticize everything that Columbus Day stands for and would go against the norm and speak about how Native Americans were in North America prior to Columbus. The overarching narrative that Columbus is such a hero overshadows the enslavement that took place once he arrived in the Americas.
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A postmodernist would not support Columbus Day, because this day signifies and glorifies how Columbus was the first explorer to America, and first to colonize the land. However, in reality there were Native Americans that had been living in the Americas for a long time. Not only did he “find” America, but he also enslaved many of the indigenous people, and ended up bringing disease, religion, and war to the native people. A postmodernist would question Columbus’s actions and see how unethical it was for him to do these things, to further expand Spain’s empire. They would rather want to celebrate the Native American heritage and spend the day remembering where this country once started and appreciate the things the Native Americans accomplished that set a pathway to future inventions.
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Colombus day is a day I used to think as important and really awesome, when I was a kid and heard the story of his courage I thought man he’s a really great explorer and good guy but looking back on it from learning not from school or textbooks who seemed to look past his genocide of native Americans. Just like all explorers and empires of the time they did not care about the pain they caused all empires and people of the time was of power and money. Colombus day should not exist it is not a day to celebrate capitalism and colonization, but a day of regret and a day to learn from our ancestor’s mistakes. If we want to break away from history, we need to learn causing pain, and making money is not the way our society should be moving, instead, we should be learning to protect our world and the citizens of that world. And we can learn from history we can learn to rebel against all the wrongs of our ancestors and create a world worth living in.
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I think a postmodernist would deconstruct and question the meaning behind Columbus day and look in the bad is what people see as the birth of a new country with opportunity, they would see the opportunities that we have as removal of opportunities from the indigenous people Christopher Columbus massacred back in 1492. A postmodernist would want people to see the reality of what occurred back then, probably not want people to see guilt but see the irony in a thing like “land of the free” or how we rather celebrate a person that did wrong rather than make a day of remembrance for the people that lost their land. They would rather people mourn the truth than to praise ignorance.
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I believe a postmodernist would celebrate the holiday as Indigenous Peoples Day, and not Columbus Day. They would try their best to feel empathy towards the Native Americans who were here before Columbus colonized, and raise awareness as to why the holiday should be celebrated differently. There is also the possibility of a postmodernist degrading the history of Christopher Columbus; on the extreme end they may blame him for the pain and suffering of the Native Americans as a result of this event. This is unfortunate because it is degrading an important point in human history given that none of us would be here today without it, despite all of the troubles it may have caused.
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“It’s Columbus Day!” Where millions of people celebrate another white male patriarch who ultimately led to the destruction of thousands of indigenous peoples. By embracing this person we, Americans, are reaffirming our problems with systemic racism because, as we can see, these feelings have been here from the very beginning. It’s typical that rather than focus our attention on the innocents who lost their lives or who were discriminated against we choose to celebrate the achievements of a man. Our society is perpetually reaffirming the patriarchy with this “holiday” and is exactly what needs to be abolished if we are ever going to move forward into a more just way of life.
This is something that a postmodernist might say.
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Going to be honest here, had to do quite a bit of research into Columbus and what he did. However, based on my quick google-ing, he was the explorer that really opened up the Americas for colonization. I believe a post modernist would honor the holiday as a memorial day for the natives that lost their lives during colonization. Columbus coming to America is an important part of history however, a post modernist may see it as a bad thing and blame him for the devastation to the indigenous people. Overall a post modernist wouldn’t be in support of Columbus day and be sure to speak up about the bad sides of Columbus and colonization of the Americas.
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A postmodernist would think that Columbus Day should be renamed as Indigenous Peoples Day. There would be much more empathy for the Indigenous people that lost their lives and land to the whites. There wouldn’t be support for Christopher Columbus himself because he killed people and stole their land. Native Americans had already been living in the Americas so Christopher Columbus wouldn’t be praised for having found new land.
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A postmodernist would think that Columbus Day is most definitely not appropriate in this day and age. They would want to honor the diversity and legacy of the oppressed people, and embrace the impact that they had on life in America and mourn the lives lost due to Columbus. While still doing this they would most likely want to call into attention the “discovering” of America by the indigenous people far before Columbus in attempts to restore the historical record of the focus on Western culture being the “right way.” I think that they are perfectly within their rights to do so, Columbus committed many violent acts towards the indigenous people of the Americas and didn’t truly discover anything that hadn’t been found earlier by other explorers or the Natives. He still deserves a spot in history for bringing this information back, and helping to spark these Transatlantic voyages, but not the glorification that he is put into as the ultimate explorer and “bringer of culture.”
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I think a postmodernist would be opposed to the idea of Columbus Day altogether. They would go against the popular belief of Columbus as a hero and explorer, focusing instead on the enslavement and slaughter of native peoples that took place during his exploration. A postmodernist would be opposed to such a mainstream idea of Columbus as a good person, and would likely want to get rid of Columbus Day, or perhaps rename it to honor the native peoples who are often forgotten or portrayed in a bad light in the history books.
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A postmodernist would not be in support of Columbus Day. Instead, they would be more likely to criticize the historical of acts of Columbus and condemn him for his false modern glory. For example, a postmodernist would argue that Columbus did not “discover” the Americas since the native inhabitants were there long before his arrival. Consequently, they’d probably be in support of Indigenous Peoples’ Day rather than Columbus Day. Even for argument’s sake if a postmodernist couldn’t support the side of Native Americans, they’d still find someone else to choose over Columbus. Take Leif Eriksson for instance, a viking explorer who landed in North America almost half a millennium before Columbus’ arrival. At any rate, a postmodernist would strongly disagree with Columbus Day and any notions claiming Columbus is a historical figure worth celebrating.
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A postmodernist would call it Indigenous Peoples Day, not Columbus Day. A postmodernist would oppose the name of Columbus Day because the land was already inhabited by Native Americans. Postmodernists would empathize with the indigenous Native Americans and oppose the idea of white Europeans being the founding fathers of this land. I think a postmodernist would speak up and fight for respecting indigenous people and there cultural history.
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A postmodernist would reject Columbus Day and would probably want it to celebrate the Natives of America. Postmodernism questions everything the “authority” tells us, which Columbus Day is a great example of. Columbus Day was made during the modern era which postmodernists reject for the most part. I’d say in recent years, the postmodernist view on Columbus Day had become more and more popular as we all question why we celebrate this man who did many terrible things.
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Postmodernist today would definitely reject the celebration of the holiday, likely wanting to replace it with Indigenous People day. Though I think their reason wouldn’t be one of questioning the purpose of Columbus’s actions or pondering the time period though, it would more likely simply be because things he did from a present day viewpoint. He shouldn’t be credited or honored with his name as part of a holiday, but he shouldn’t be villainized either. Especially when considering the creatable facts of the time after doing one’s own research.
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I think that a postmodernist would view this day as a complicated one because while what Columbus did was a huge discovery and a huge accomplishment especially for those European countries, the actual actions of taking peoples land and in return enslaving and them and making them work is totally unethical therefore making this day a difficult controversy.
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A postmodernist would look at Columbus day with skepticism and question the facts behind it because they will want to evaluate the full right and wrong behind the whole thing. They would question the teachings which were presented in school and try to find the difference between the achievement Columbus had in his voyage to the New World and all the horrible things that he did when he got here. I believe that they will create assumptions and conclusions stating that Columbus was an awful person morally but did history changing accomplishments for Europe.
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A Postmodernist view of Columbus day would be cynical and oppose the celebration of Columbus all together. The postmodernist would be disgusted by the idea that there is a national holiday celebrating a man who seemingly only brought slavery, disease, and overall death and destruction to a peaceful community of natives. The postmodernist would instead seek the antithesis and celebrate the indigenous people who in this narrative are peaceful and one with nature and scorn the industrial and oppressive Columbus. A postmodernist values little interpretation and context and would lie on one side of the moral argument while damning the other side as being morally unjust.
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Postmodernism largely calls into question grand narratives surrounding social progress, human nature, reason, and historical events. A postmodernist would surely be skeptical of the celebration of Columbus Day due to the knowledge of Columbus’s atrocities against Native people. A postmodern view might criticize the way in which Columbus is often depicted in curriculum as a hero and an explorer, and demand justice in representation for the struggles of the Native people who were oppressed by him. A postmodernist might recognize that Columbus’s invasion of America influenced history and the future of colonialism, but reject the celebration of the holiday and instead honor the day as Indigenous People’s Day. Postmodernism demands that we examine a narrative from more than one point of view, and in the case of the historically Euro-centric perspective on Columbus Day, it is crucial that Indigenous People are not overlooked.
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A postmodernist would argue that Columbus Day should not be considered a holiday because Christopher Columbus is not a person society should honor. A postmodernist would argue that honoring Columbus would be disrespectful to the indigenous people who were oppressed by Columbus. Instead, a postmodernist would say that if the day were to be celebrated, it should honor the indigenous people who were here before the arrival of Christopher Columbus. Personally, I can understand this viewpoint and would not object to the argument that the Native people should be honored rather than Christopher Columbus.
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Postmodernism seeks to reject meta-narratives and employ a healthy balance of realism. The metanarrative taught from the U.S.’s lens, (Latin American countries also celebrate the day with different meanings) we should celebrate the day Christopher Columbus discovered the New World because he brought “civilization” to the indigenous peoples of the Americas. I suppose coming from a Latino background, the nuisances from such a metanarrative contrasts from my postmodern view of the day. Knowing that men like Christopher Columbus directly and indirectly led to the largest genocide in human history (40-70 million native people) and extermination of cultures and identities, I can’t say I have a fond perspective of the holiday and metanarrative. While my perspective does hold explicit biases, a rational person would come to similar conclusions not to celebrate such a concept behind the holiday.
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A postmodernist would not support Columbus Day as a holiday and instead, want to cherish the native people who lived there before. They would argue that Columbus was the one the brought on the removal and depreciation of the Native people who lived there and the advancement of slavery in a new place. I say, who cares. Columbus Day is just another holiday for Americans to celebrate. Holidays such as Independence Day and Presidents Day make sense in the fact that we are celebrating the people and the decisions that they made that would lead to a greater tomorrow.
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The postmodernist culture of deconstruction would more than likely oppose the celebration of Columbus Day. Since this ‘holiday’ is one that celebrates the historical decimation of an indigenous people, postmodernists would want to probably get rid of the whole holiday and not offer a solution to this criticism. They would just say, ‘this is bad, how could we do this, this cannot continue.’ Then proceed to complain without actually doing anything about it. It should be a day or longer of rememberance to the Native American people can culture.
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I believe that a postmodernist would be against Columbus Day. The norm of celebrating Columbus day is something that a postmodernist would be against and bring up the argument of how Columbus never really discovered America and how the Native Americans were forced to leave their homeland.
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Since Postmodern ethics is pro-underdog, they will highly discourage the celebration of Columbus day. They will critique the significant of the celebration, because it’s undermined and glorifies the continuous marginalization, economic deprivation of the indigenous people of the Americas.
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A postmodernist would not think of the day as Columbus day but as Indigenous people’s day because of the destruction that occurred from Columbus. A postmodernist would be disgusted by the idea of celebrating Columbus day with all the negative actions Columbus caused. Columbus day is also about the discovery of America but Columbus was not the one to discover the United States. Columbus never really discovered America, he kicked the indigenous people out of America.
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I personally think that Columbus day shouldn’t be celebrated but I also believe that many holidays have certain facades that are not necessarily true or only true to some extent.
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A postmodernist would probably not be too keen on Columbus Day. They would most likely want everyone to view the holiday in a different light completely, keeping in mind what actually happened for us to be here today, talking about Columbus Day
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It’s Columbus Day! What would a postmodernist have to say about that? What do you think about that?
A post modernist would look at Columbus Day as a day that should be about celebrating the culture and history of the indigenous people who previously lived in America before Columbus practically conquered it. I also believe in this way of thinking. The discovery of North America was an amazing event but should not be celebrating. There was much that was morally wrong with Columbus and his actions.
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I feel like postmodernists would not approve of Columbus Day since it is about the Spanish rule conquering Native land. Postmodernists would urge to rename the holiday after the native people who fought for their land through tragedy and death. Knowing Spain’s oppressive spirit over the American land, it would seem undignified for a postmodernist to willingly support the enslavement and terror from foreign forces.
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Postmodernists probably would not approve of why we celebrate Columbus day. Postmodernists are all about going against the norm and this not wanting to celebrate this holiday would make perfect sense for them. Also, a postmodernist would be disgusted that people are celebrating a man who brought so much pain and suffering to other people. Instead, the postmodernist would celebrate the indigenous people and morn all the suffering they had to go through because of Columbus.
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A postmodernist might call it “Genocide Day” as it celebrates the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus. Celebrating this fact rather than criticizing him for the countless indigenous Native Americans that died as a result of this discovery. A postmodernist would rather celebrate the indigenous over the authoritarian concept of Columbus Day, as many cultures were entirely snuffed out, if not severely oppressed as a result, again.
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I think specifically to a postmodernist in California or even more specifically the Bay Area, they WOULD BE IN FAVOR of at least re-examining Columbus day. Considering a postmodernist is a movement of general suspicion of reason and skepticism, as early as 1992 the city council of Berkeley California declared October 12 “Day of Solidarity with Indigenous People”. I think with this regard a postmodernist in the Bay Area could see that the norm has already been against Columbus day for 28 years and possibly re-look the stance. A postmodernist might look at Columbus’s case and see it logically un-ethical to judge one man from 500 years ago based on todays ethical standards. I personally don’t think Columbus day should be a Federal Holiday for the same reason I would find it very hard to have any one person represent a whole day. Of the 100+ billion people who have lived on this earth, for a single person to represent a whole day every calendar year seems beyond extraordinary. I would rather see “Indigenous Peoples Day” or “Discovery Day” be the title of the holiday for they are more broad topics but, I most strongly advocate for the recognition of EARTH DAY as a federal holiday.
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The typical postmodernist would like to change the meaning of Columbus Day. Postmodernists believe in progress and innovation, so they would believe in reexamining the meaning of Columbus Day, and adjust the meaning of the day to fit with today’s culture. I would align with postmodernists in that way.
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I believe a postmodernist would like to emphasize the real story behind Colombus Day and show relevant truth to what actually happened. I would see post modernists as people that value real facts over some fake reality that was promoted to revel the individuals historical finds. Although it seems it is difficult to prove the truth without actual evidence, there are ways to cross reference to make it closer to the truth of past crimes.
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A postmodernist wouldn’t have much to say about Columbus day except that this is too much celebration for a polarizing historical figure. Postmodernism is a style and concept towards the arts and criticism they distrust theories, ideologies, and problematical relationships. So in the eyes of a postmodernist Columbus Day is a day where we celebrate a man who discovered the Americas wiped out the indigenous people and for that, it is a day where we shouldn’t be celebrating the cruel but mourning the loss.
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A postmodernist would disagree with individuals that believe Columbus day should be celebrated. A key component of postmodernism is that they are pro-underdog. They would take the side of Indigenous People day and stand up for the little guy that has been marginalized by history and the elite males that came into their land. Indigenous People day is backed by most cultures that contain postmodernism, and these include LGTBQ, BLM, Etc. and Native American culture can be be seen as a subscript of these ideologies. Another reason they wouldn’t support Columbus day is due to their disbelief in history. Growing up we all idolized Christopher Columbus and Thanksgiving, but the opposition to this quote unquote history is vastly growing amongst Western Civilizations.
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A postmodernist would probably disagree with the concept of Columbus Day in that it ignores the existence of the Native Americans who owned the land prior to his arrival. In reality, Columbus Day is celebrating the colonization of America, which means the downfall of the Native Americans. Therefore, a postmodernist view would question the heroic narrative surrounding Columbus and the holiday we named after him. The result would probably be a renaming of the holiday.
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I believe that a postmodernist would not celebrate Columbus’ Day and would instead choose to honor those indigenous people whom he displaced and impacted drastically. A postmodernist would take into account that the Americas were not discovered by him and in fact, have actually been populated beforehand. A postmodernist would also want the entire truth to be accepted before blindly following a holiday named by those who came before us.
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Based on the readings, a postmodernist would easily call Columbus Day a farce. Instead, they would likely make an honest attempt to acknowledge Indigenous People’s Day. A postmodernist would take it upon themselves to explain what Columbus actually did during his time in the “Americas” and his actions in the East Indies. There would be no celebrating, no admiration or acknowledgement toward Christopher Columbus supposed heroic trip.
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A postmodernist would likely scoff at the idea of celebrating Columbus Day, and would likely advocate for the reformation of the holiday with a greater emphasis on indigenous peoples of the Americas. The holiday could still retain its significance as being a day to celebrate the discovery of the new world, however there could be more of an emphasis on the genocide and enslavement of American natives which ensued as a byproduct of this discovery.
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A postmodernist wouldn’t consider Columbus Day a holiday, or a reason to celebrate for that matter. Christopher Columbus is praised as an explorer who opened the door for the colonization of the Americas. A postmodernist wouldn’t be too fond of the celebration of Columbus Day given the horrible treatment and displacement of the Native Americans from their homeland.
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A postmodernist would not be supportive of Columbus day. They would want it to be renamed or changed to celebrate or remember the lives of those who were lost to Columbus and his discovery. They would remind people that he wasn’t the first person to discover the America’s or that he even discovered America. They would whole heartedly try to get the day changed to honor the indigenous people and the lives lost so the new world could be discovered and taken advantage of.
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The definition of postmodernism is going against or criticizing beliefs regarding reality, human nature, and social nature.
A postmodernist would not stand for anything that is Columbus day. Columbus day should be instead recognized as Indigenous peoples day due to the fact that Native Americans were here in America before the arrival of the white man. Columbus not only enslaved and committed mass genocide for native peoples, but he paved a way for a line of continuous destruction to the land that these people come from. He brought a future of disease and destruction with him to the Americas.
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Columbus Day is an American celebration of how explorer Christopher Columbus traveled from Europe to America and led to the discovery and colonization of “new” land. A postmodernist would see this event in history and not be in support of it. Because there were already people living in America before Columbus discovered it, Native Americans, postmodernists would condemn the holiday. Postmodernists question and generally are against all the things that we are told about people and events in the past and Columbus Day is a perfect example of this. They would look at what some may say are the bad things that Columbus did to the natives and say that he deserves no credit for what they say are the atrocious things that he did.
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A postmodernist would not be in support of Columbus Day. Some people may view the day as a reason to celebrate the “discovery” of the New World/Americas, but the initial inhabitants of the land would see the day their land was stolen. Postmodernists scrutinize what most people believe is the norm and therefore, not support the commemoration of Columbus due to how he treated the indigenous people. Postmodernists, additionally, would want to celebrate the Native Americans.
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I don’t think a postmodernist would be exclaiming “It’s Columbus Day!” to begin with. I think that a postmodernist would instead recognize Indigenous People’s Day, for the countless acts of violence and slavery imposed upon native peoples following the arrival of Columbus. Postmodernists test the apparent “truths” of reality and would not be in support of this holiday.
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Personally I would probably take a similar viewpoint of a postmodernist as far as actual view on the holiday. A postmodernist would question heavily the reason a holiday would ever glorify someone who irreversably damaged the native peoples living in the Americas way of life. Someone who came in and destroyed so much would undoubtedly be shamed rather than have a holiday dedicated to their gruesome conquests. Columbus day should maybe be a day of sorrow and remembrance for the natives and their loss instead.
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Given a postmodernist favors reality, the celebration of Columbus Day would go against their beliefs and they would be very critical of this celebration. Rather they would recognize the indigenous people that were here long before Columbus and instead push for a day to recognize those people who were in reality here first and a day that acknowledges the unjust outcomes from the actions of these “first” settlers…Coloumbus.
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A post modernist would take into account the fact associated with Christopher And concede that he did lead to the founding of the united states he took advantage of the indigenous people leading to one the the worst if not the worst racial genocide in the history of man kind and therefore doesn’t deserve to be celebrated. Simply put a post modernist would insist that the Columbus day holiday be abolished.
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A post modernist would be skeptical of the idea of Columbus Day. They would argue it’s more about the empirical reality of what Columbus did. The celebration and ‘holiday’ is a western civilizations construct for honoring the institution of colonialism. It is not an actual representation of an explorer but rather the clash of worlds and civilizations. Overall post modernist would question the learned cultural explanation or interpretation of the events, in favor of reality.
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A postmodernist person would not like the celebration of Columbus Day. They would not want the secret slavery and change to everyday life of the indigenous people celebrated. They would intern want to bring the attention to the people’s whos lives where ruined instead of Columbus himself. I personally agree with this, I think the truth should be more well known then the glorified fable that we are “celebrating” on Columbus Day.
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A postmodernist wouldn’t support Columbus day because the whole representation of the holiday stands for the Spanish taking native land away and would rather Indigenous People’s day be celebrated instead. They would want to spend the day celebrating and remembering the indigenous people who lost their land and had their lives ruined and they would question the problematic history that Columbus Day is affiliated with.
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A postmodernist would probably argue that would should not be celebrating an honor Columbus, a man who arrived at already occupied land and killed and enslave native Americans. Instead, they would argue would should celebrate the Native Americans that had already occupied the land and taught the foreigners how to survive and remembering the punishment the Native’s received from Columbus and its people.
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The postmodernist would not support Columbus Day after they deconstructed what day honors. In most schools we were taught that Columbus had founded the Americas and that he was a type of hero. A postmodernist would see how that Columbus was not the first person to discover the America’s. The land was also inhabited by indigenous people. Columbus was cruel to these indigenous people. The postmodernist would instead advocate for a day celebrating the indigenous people or a previous explorer.
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I think that a postmodernist would have an issue with Columbus Day. With a modern lens it is more clear that Columbus wasn’t so much the discoverer of the New World, but more of a problematic historical figure that inflicted atrocities on the Natives living in the area. I think a postmodernist would be onboard with the movement to change the holiday to a Native people’s day, as has been done in a few states, in an attempt to bring awareness to the mistreatment of first nation people.
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A postmodernist would rather celebrate the indigenous people rather than Christopher Columbus. Postmodernist believe that they should go against the status quo and rename the holiday as Indigenous Peoples Day.
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I believe a postmodernist would want to change the name of Columbus Day to something that might be more representative of what actually happened. However, I believe that the day should be recognized in some way. When growing up a lot of people would say “Happy Columbus Day” and we would spend a few days learning about the “new world” in a way I can connect Columbus Day to my wanting to learn history and geography.
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I believe that a postmodernist would not support Columbus day. A postmodernist represents ethno-centric definitions of truth, as well as an insistence on the social construction of world views. They would rather celebrate the indigenous people and not a man who caused serious damages.
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I think that a postmodernist would choose to be a holiday such as Columbus Day in a way that instead of looking at it from the white person’s point of view, they would choose to look at it from the point of view of the indigenous people that were never really talked about, in regards to the oppression they faced and how they basically got pushed out of the picture by colonizers.
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