Fernandez-Armesto, F. “Columbus–Hero or Villain?.” History Today, vol. 42, no. 5, May 1992, p. 4. EBSCOhost.
Note: “Other allegations attacked his competence rather than his good faith, generally with justice. It was true, for instance, that he had selected an unhealthy and inconvenient site for the settlement of Hispaniola; that he had disastrously misjudged the natives’ intentions in supposing them to be peaceful; and that his proceedings had so far alienated so many colonists that by the time of his removal in 1500 it was a missionary’s opinion that the colony would never be at peace if he were allowed back. All these complaints reflect the priorities of Spaniards and the interests of the colonists and of the crown. There were, however, some charges against Columbus which anticipated the objections of modern detractors, who scrutinise his record from the natives’ point of view, or who look at it from the perspective of fashionably ecological priorities.”
Abstract: This article explores the different points of view that people have on Christopher Columbus, his achievements, and his character.
Duke, Selwyn. “Killing Columbus: Seeking the “Undiscovery” of America.” New American (08856540), vol. 33, no. 19, 09 Oct. 2017, pp. 33-38. EBSCOhost, proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=125308834&site=ehost-live.
Note: “But now cultural revolutionaries are bent on changing his legacy. This new portrayal of Columbus was summed up well in 2006 by Peta Lindsay in Socialism and Liberation magazine, expressing sentiments that, lamentably, have been embraced far beyond radical-fringe circles. To wit, ‘To celebrate Columbus is to celebrate a legacy of genocide, slavery, rape and plunder. It commemorates the violent and bloody accumulation of capital for the ruling classes of Europe and, later, the U.S.’”
Abstract: This article talks about how a certain population of the world is focused on making sure that Columbus as seen as a “villain” and to not be recognized for his great achievements.
Krauthammer, C. “Hail Columbus, Dead White Male.” Time, vol. 137, no. 21, 27 May 1991, p. 74. EBSCOhost, proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=9105271231&site=ehost-live.
Note: “In Madrid the Association Of Indian Cultures announces that it will mark the occasion with acts of “sabotage.” In the U.S. the Columbus in Context Coalition declares that the coming event provides “progressives” with their best political opening “since the Vietnam War.” The National Council of Churches (Nee) condemns the “discovery” as “an invasion and colonization with legalized occupation, genocide, economic exploitation and a deep level of institutional racism and moral decadence.” One of its leaders calls for “a year of repentance and reflection rather than a year of celebration.”
“For the left, the year comes just in time. The revolutions of 1989 having put a dent in the case for the degeneracy of the West, 1992 offers a welcome new point of attack. The point- is the Origin. The villain is Columbus. The Crime is the discovery–the rape–of America.”
Abstract: This article talks about the groups all over the world that are trying spread the message that Columbus was “the deadliest whitest male now offered for our defestation.”
Corelli, R. “To Celebrate or Repent? (Cover Story).” Maclean’s, vol. 104, no. 31, 05 Aug. 1991, p. 42. EBSCOhost, proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=9108191969&site=ehost-live.
Note: Scores of places in the Western Hemisphere, from British Columbia to Colombia, bear his name or variations of it. In the modern-day popular imagination, shaped by grade-school history, he has long dominated the centuries-old saga of global exploration and discovery. But now that the Americas and Spain are preparing lavish celebrations to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s first voyage to the New World in 1492, the stature of the ancient mariner has begun to suffer from a widespread and frequently critical re-examination of his deeds and character. Some scholars have attacked the heroic view of Columbus by portraying him as a lacklustre sailor and brutal colonial administrator. Native groups insist that he despoiled their ancestral paradise and slaughtered its inhabitants. And several church leaders have proposed that 1992 be a year of repentance, not celebration. Said cartographer Edward Dahl of the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa: “If I were an Indian, I would have quite an anti-Columbus attitude.”
Abstract: This story talks about the battle of whether to celebrate Columbus for his achievements or repent him for the cruel deeds that he committed, like slaughtering many natives.