Oh, today’s Columbus Day

I do because it's Indigenous Day.

Was it a coincidence that Christopher Columbus discovered America on Indigenous Day?

No mail today, but otherwise most everything is open.

Banks are closed, too. Happy Columbus Day! Not sure what one does to celebrate, however. I used to go to Columbus Day sales at the mall.

R2, I believe he actually delayed landing for a few days, just as a slap in the face to the indigenous peoples when he showed up all bossy and European on their biggest holiday. He must've been a bitch!

Columbus Day should be cancelled.

R5 God that makes me hate Columbus even more now!

Ingenious R2

Indigenous People's Day

The company I work for is headquartered in Rhode Island and they get the day off. Everyone else works.

The rest of us do get a "free" day though that we can use at our choosing. They have to take today off and don't get the free day.

Happy Ingenious Columbo Day

It's Indigenous People's Day.

It's Indigenous People's Day.

R12, R1 said that already.

R14, it's Indigenous People's Day.

Ingenuous Combine Day

Today is our Canadian Thanksgiving Day. Love it since it is in early October when the weather is still nice. Happy Thanksgiving to all!!

Indignant Peoples Day? Well I guess they've got enough reasons to by angry.

Who, R13?

R17 Enjoy!!

Indigenous People, r19.

Indigenous People's Day should be celebrated on the day the nomads from Asia crossed the Bering Straight Landbridge and discovered Alaska.

Colombian Ingenue Day.

Some hipsters are freaking out about Columbus lol.

Here is a fantastic video celebrating Native American cuisine/culture from a few years ago. Now, I'm looking for Native American restaurants in New York City...

The latest angle: Columbus was Islamaphobic!

God forbid.

Indigenoush Peoplesh Day or Columbush Day, whatever you shelebrate, have a blasht!

I weep for people who read R26's article and take it seriously.

"Columbine Day? Why this is an outrage! Are... Are you Cheddar Cheese?"

I work at a university and they cancelled Columbus Day, starting this year.

I know white people have been pretty fucking awful, but I laugh a bit at the party line that white people have been the worst, unequivocally. It centers the West; it keeps whites on top and makes the West the standard by which all other peoples and societies are judged. In a sense, it preserves the Western hegemony that they are, ostensibly, fighting against.

It's fucking Columbus Day. I've never heard of indigenous day lol...

Nope but I’m sick 😷 cough cough

R31, I agree. There's a piece in the Times criticizing Ta Nahesi-Coates from the same angle. He's so obsessed with white people that he elevates them to be some kind of standard. Ah here it is.

It's mainly Black Americans who are like this, because they don't know any other anchor.

[quote]celebrating Native American cuisine/culture

“Native American” Is just as alien and european a moniker as “Indian.” The tribes didn’t call themselves Native Americans — nor did they call themselves “First Peoples.” All bullshit, selfish, guilt-shifting terms.

r34 in my corner of the world (academia) this thinking comes from all "identities." Whites are always the worst, end of story.

On the other hand, it also paints "POC" with a very broad brush. A Japanese colleague was aghast to learn that, in the US, she is considered a "POC." I see this also in terms like "Global South." As if being oppressed/colonized by Europe unites these people -- of vastly differently geographic locations, cultures, religions, and experiences -- in any meaningful way. In most cases, I'd argue the differences between them are almost as great as the differences between them and Europe/"the West". A student from Vietnam once told me that the Vietnamese dislike the Chinese far more than they dislike the French.

[quote] A Japanese colleague was aghast to learn that, in the US, she is considered a "POC."

Yeah, it's absurd. Koreans and Chinese feel the same. It's hilarious to some of them.

My former company gave very few holidays. I always hated taking half-empty trains on Washington's Birthday, MLK Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, and the day after Thanksgiving, when it seemed like everyone else had the day off.

Now I'm retired and don't give a fuck, except that it's raining and it's Member Monday at the MoMA and now it's going to be annoyingly crowded,

Normally I'm not this insufferable, but I'm watching the confirmation hearings and these Republicans have me furious.

The garbage is running, that's all I care about.

i was a Federal employee for 37 years and we always got the day off since it's a Federal holiday. But unlike most people, we NEVER got the day after Thanksgiving off (because it's not a Federal holiday.) I'd have preferred being able to trade Columbus Day for the day after Thanksgiving rather than having to use a vacation day to take Black Friday off.

Fun fact: Easter is not a Federal holiday either, but because it's on a Sunday, no one ever thinks about it. But I worked overseas (as a Fed) in a country where the work week was Saturday-Wednesday, and accordingly he had to work on Easter.

WE, not HE in that last sentence.

[quote]A student from Vietnam once told me that the Vietnamese dislike the Chinese far more than they dislike the French.

All of the various Asian nationalities despise the Chinese.

I get $500 bonus for holiday pay so I am happy on all Federal holidays!

It's "The White Male Genocide of Indigenous Peoples Day."

But Italians and Spanish aren't white!

I did as a federal employee.