Columbus Day No Longer A Holiday In Seattle | NBC News

Seattle's City Council has voted to replace the Columbus Day holiday with "Indigenous People's Day". Linda Brill reports.

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Columbus Day No Longer A Holiday In Seattle | NBC News

[victorbergman]

Native Americans discovered Seattle, Washington

[victorbergman]

Now look political correctness everywhere soon the world is going to forget about history

[xanic]

Instead of the Columbus statuses should be replaced Leif Eriksson the first person to discover America

[ahmadeffendi]

only in america people see each other based on the colour of their skin....red, , yellow, , black white ? wtf is that? lear how to be human please

[jimjones]

I guess we have to stop celebrating the Native American tribes also. Even before Columbus came to America, the Natives were slaughtering, raping, and torturing smaller and weaker tribes. How about their rights against the Navajos, Cherokees, and Apaches, to name a few, against their human rights crimes. Oh wait, that's right we aren't allowed to talk about the crimes that Natives commit.

To the lady at 1:16, don't we have teams like the Celtics, Buccaneers, and the Cowboys also to name a few. The only difference is that people don't take these names personal. It looks like people don't have anything better to do than complain about everything.

[jonc]

I am Italian American and love America. Columbus is was very brutal. I think Leif Erickson (Viking Explorer) and Native American Day would be a good replacement

[arthurharris]

I really enjoy your show I just wish you had more fully broadcast episodes of the news .and more about isis on a daily reports

[rafaelwilks]

It should be Columbus and Indigenous Peoples Day. Columbus, for sure, made some mistakes and tactical miscalculations, but almost all, if not all, of the crimes committed that are usually imputed to him, were actually committed by other Spaniards who traveled with him. Columbus, in fact, always insisted that all of the indigenous people should always be treated with the greatest dignity and respect. This is why the Spaniards (who were abusing the indigenous people) detested Columbus. His Holiness Pope Leo XIII most wisely wrote an Encyclical about Columbus. It is very short, and will not take more than ten minutes to finish reading.

[nooch]

I think MLK day needs to go too. I mean really.. who did he actually bring together cause clearly blacks and whites are still divided. #nextmovement