Quote Originally Posted by Tachikaze
He was a profiteer looking for wealth. His voyage was uncertain and dangerous, but so were so many others that we rarely mention today. His trip was actually not as long or as dangerous as many others, including the earliest voyages around Africa and, of course, the circumnavigation of the world, both about the same time.

It sucks that we have made a hero out of a man with so few virtues, and a long list of vices. The results of his findings led to mass deaths in the Americas. Even if the great majority were not done by his hand, it's nothing to celebrate.

There have been so many wonderful people who have given the world so much and asked for so little in return. It's a crime they go unsung while Columbus is honored.

The remark about MLK and where he would have been born is ludicrous. Columbus never stepped foot in the US.
Well, without slavery, they'd still be in the dark ages in Africa, dying at age 30 of a cold. No offense to them, but it's still going on in some parts of Africa. So I doubt much would have changed. Despite all the bad things, in the end, slavery contributed Postitivly, mainly by (by ending it, at least) we gained many African-American writers, poets, and musicians into American society that wouldnt have been here if it wasnt for slavery in the 16 and 1700s