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Many people in the United States and Latin America have grown up celebrating the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s voyage. But was he an intrepid explorer who brought two worlds together or a ruthless exploiter who brought colonialism and slavery? And did he even discover America at all? Alex Gendler puts Columbus on the stand in History vs. Christopher Columbus.
Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by Brett Underhill.
The defense for Columbus is really poor....
"A hero in one era might become a villain in the next" 5 stars for that
When u realize it’s the same dude doing all the voices...... and he is having a argument with himself
As a person who has studied history in Latin America her whole life and now, has to pass U.S. History class, how conflicting persperctives of the same history events are, is absolutely mindblowing.
“Actually he was pretty bad even by old standards”. lmao that was the best part to me.😂
I think the real problem is the judge, who can't seem to know anything about history or even his own work schedule
'Traditions change, and the way we choose to keep them alive says a lot about our values'. . 𝙎𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚.
I think it's pretty bad that he didn't mention the spread of diseases all over the continent, mostly suffered by the Mexicas, Mayans and Incas, which was the reason for all those deaths. And, the cultural integration of natives within Spanish and Portuguese territory. The genocide was carried on rather by British, French, Americans and other individuals who did it without asking the local ruler.
I like that the only defense they had for celebrating Columbus Day was “cause we wanna”
Why do they not mention the fact Columbus never made it to North America , the closest they believe he got was Cuba...
“Because it’s tradition” has got to be one of the worst widely used arguments ever.
If you interpret "discover" as "to take the cover off of something" then Columbus did just that since his voyages resulted in numerous European powers heading west. Regardless of who got there first, the end result was going to be the same; the natives had no chance against smallpox.
“Why is celebrating Columbus so important to you”
The reason everyone thought Columbus was nuts was not because they thought the world was flat, but because Columbus was claiming that the world was about 12,000 miles around instead of the ~25,000 miles around they all knew it to be after Erastothenes did the math in around 350 BCE. It would be like someone saying they were going to get to the moon using a really big stepladder.
It's intresting to see history from different viewpoints. The thing that disturbs the narration is the mention of the king of Spain when it was the Queen of Castille at that time married to the king of Aragon who decided to support Christopher Columbus.
Lets not forget that Columbus died thinking he travelled to Asia, it was not until Amerigo Vespucci started mapping the area and realized it was not India but a whole New World, thanks to him we now call this continent "America".
"Celebrating genocide"
Thanos: I wiped 50% of whatever life I knew
Could you please tell me about the sources you used? I've got a presentation for my 13.grade and I need this sources to prepare it. And thank you for the video, I love it. ✨
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