Happy am I to read school board member Deb White reminding us of the evil of Columbus. It would help to know, however, the source of this evil. Is it due to his Latin origins, maleness, Christianity, Catholicism, or Western and European heritage? It’s good to know to what one objects.
Lucky for us no Conquistadores got this way. It was the French, an apt and easy target for White to go after. How dare they come here and what shame a city named after Greysolon Sieur duLhut.
Historian White might consider replacing her Columbian rancor with its equal aimed at the earlier rascal Leif Erickson. Is she not horrified he’s honored by a park in Duluth and statue outside the St. Paul capitol? Her standard would make me think so. Thought I’d point that out along with possible merit in celebrating ousting the Vikings from this continent 400 years ahead of Chris C.
Yes, let’s have a day to recall the defeat of the Vikings, an irony sure to tickle a policy maker who thinks history is politics.
Harry Drabik
Hovland
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