So many people here defending Columbus...

[Drahthaardogs]

174. Well, I for one would rather find a less controversial name

But in no way, shape, or form would I want this day changed. It is sad here on DU the people that think the day is for Columbus. Of course it's not. It was made a national holiday to win the Italian vote back east because they generally treated us like shit here.

The largest mass lynching in America victims were not black, they were Sicilian. Teddy Roosevelt called it a good start. We were interred (even Joe DiMaggio's parents were made an example of) They forbade us to speak our language. Rockefeller indentured us as did the railroads. The Irish would not let us in our own Churches and we had to worship in the basement. They called us greasers, dago, wop, and garlic eaters

Even here on DU anyone with an Italian surname is called mafia. They sneered Scalia calling him "Fat Tony", an obvious mafia reference. A well known posters here referred to Scaramucci as a "goomba". All that shit is allowed here.

Why is it on this country that a race of people who ruled the world TWICE, brought us our form of government, the Renaissance, great scientists, and an cuisine that is one of the top in the world (most of french cooking was taken from the piemontese), but all we can do here, on DU is make mafia jokes. It's allowed.

Anyway, It's our day, and it should remain our day. Perhaps if your OP stated "Italian Americans need a better mascot for their day than Columbus", I would support it.