History vs. Christopher Columbus - Alex Gendler

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.

[alan]

"A hero in one era might become a villain in the next" 5 stars for that

[nishchay]

'Traditions change, and the way we choose to keep them alive says a lot about our values'. . 𝙎𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚.

[sevenaries]

I think the real problem is the judge, who can't seem to know anything about history or even his own work schedule

[BlackishSayian]

“Actually he was pretty bad even by old standards”. lmao that was the best part to me.😂

[dauvone.]

When u realize it’s the same dude doing all the and he is having a argument with himself

[jman]

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".

[thomdoyle]

Why do they not mention the fact Columbus never made it to North America, the closest they believe he got was Cuba...

[Camila-vymu]

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.

[thexalon]

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.

[ShahStark]

The defense for Columbus is really poor....

[neurosynchron]

"Celebrating genocide"

Thanksgiving: Am I a joke to you?

[yodef]

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.

[rupertpupkin]

“Because it’s tradition” has got to be one of the worst widely used arguments ever.

[TheMedicatedArtist]

"Because it's tradition." America in a nutshell.

[juanignaciodecarlofadu]

0:06 when you are trying to teach things about colombus but your mom is sleeping next door

[Janthdanl]

I like that the only defense they had for celebrating Columbus Day was “cause we wanna”

[ajduong]

Next should be "History Vs Winston Churchill". While he did lead Britain against the Nazis during WWII, he committed failures (like Gallipoli, a major military disaster) and atrocities (like the Bengal famine, one of the worst incidences in human history) that are often brushed aside.

[ariefraiser]

Between CPG Grey and this channel I've learned more about history than all my k-12 years combined.

[Derpasaurusrex]

"Equality is important guys! You know, if you can pay for it!" - Americans

[catfood]

“Why is celebrating Columbus so important to you”
Me: day off