There is a dispute on how great Columbus truly is but in his day would we deny his accomplishments? While others feared discovery he risked his life to see what others turned a blind eye to. When one comes to a new land there is always good and bad such a discovery brings to those that are already there but know one can argue that it was daring for his time. That is why Columbus Day must not be destroyed but expanded. It should look at the whole picture even if the sea of knowledge is difficult to navigate it’s time we truly explore.
(1) ETHNIC PRIDE- Those of Italian descent have much pride in the bravery of Columbus but so should other groups that have had explorers enter new lands as well as the Native American’s who lived in those lands before.
(2) EXPLORATION- The idea that we don’t just sit on our laurels but seek to expand and discover new insight even at great peril is something every child and adult should seek.
(3) WESTERN SOCIETY- Western society needs to be viewed not only under the microscope but globally and in a time frame that actually existed not in some Utopian period.