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I don't think that racism is natural, but one person believed it and had power, so everyone else took their word for it and became a racist.  

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I don't think that racism is natural, but one person believed it and had power, so everyone else took their word for it and became a racist.  

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I think it is not natural because when racism first happened it was not 

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I think it is not natural because when racism first happened it was not 

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Some colonies had a bigger need for labor than others (south), which led to slavery, which led to racism.

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Some colonies had a bigger need for labor than others (south), which led to slavery, which led to racism.

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Racism started mainly with slavery because European colonies took people they thought of no power from their homes so no it is not natural.

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Racism started mainly with slavery because European colonies took people they thought of no power from their homes so no it is not natural.

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They tortured and killed natives to establish their settlements in the Americas.

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Statues and names of colonists should be removed from public spaces.

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Statues and names of colonists should be removed from public spaces.

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You can see in chapters 1-2 of Howard Zinn's book and parts of the Stamped book that colonists did really horrible things to the Africans, the Natives, etc. Some people make the argument that it would be erasing history, but statues are meant to honor people (and sometimes to educate), but there are plenty of ways we can keep history intact without idolizing or honoring the colonists.

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they did some of the same crops all over the land and some different crops

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If natural it would've lasted for much longer.

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the southern colonies were bigger and did more farming and grew cash crops. The northern colonies mostly did lumber furs and other things that didn't require a ton of space and they did some small scale farming.

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Racism is not natural, it is something that is taught by someone. Racism was learned first from books and teaching from Zurara. 

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Racism is not natural, it is something that is taught by someone. Racism was learned first from books and teaching from Zurara. 

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They came from England, and got help from the native Americans and started building homes and villages, then after a while they kicked the native Americans out and enslaved them. 

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They came from England, and got help from the native Americans and started building homes and villages, then after a while they kicked the native Americans out and enslaved them. 

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they sailed over there and looked around

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the southern colonies were bigger and tended to be more racesed

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the southern colonies were bigger and tended to be more racesed

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I don't think that we should celebrate it because he didn't find anything it was already found but no one really knew so he took the credit for it.

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This information can be supported by texts like Stamped and the Howard Zinn book. 

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This information can be supported by texts like Stamped and the Howard Zinn book. 

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The southern colonies where much bigger than the other colonies. Each of the colonies in North America did different things than other colonies in different places. 

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The southern colonies where much bigger than the other colonies. Each of the colonies in North America did different things than other colonies in different places. 

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Segregationist's and Assimilationist's are both types of racists.

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Segregationist's and Assimilationist's are both types of racists.

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Racism is not natural. I think that social classes in a sense are natural kind of like how animals have animal kingdoms but that is not about race. I see how people could seem less than because of how developed they are but that shouldn't have to do with race.

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Racism is not natural. I think that social classes in a sense are natural kind of like how animals have animal kingdoms but that is not about race. I see how people could seem less than because of how developed they are but that shouldn't have to do with race.

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Colonists were not heroes and shouldn't be celebrated and honored. They treated the natives very badly.

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I  think that they should only keep the statues if the person in the statue was a good person.

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I  think that they should only keep the statues if the person in the statue was a good person.

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They sailed over and started pushing native people off there land

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They sailed over and started pushing native people off there land

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I believe that if the person had a good background and a positive influence in history, they should keep their statues up, but if it is the other way, it should be taken down. 

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I believe that if the person had a good background and a positive influence in history, they should keep their statues up, but if it is the other way, it should be taken down. 

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It depends on what the statue symbolizes. If it symbolizes a person that was a slave owner and the statue was talking about how bad that type of thing was then it should stay up.

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it would depend on who the person was and what they did

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the settlers were claiming land for themselves so tried to get the best land they could to live on so that they could be successful and have a nice place to live.

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Racism was created because people (colonists) didn't want to do their hard labor.

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You can cite parts of the History Alive! textbook that tell you about the certain explorers that claimed parts of America for an European country.

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Settlers had made a treaty with the native people so that they could establish land in their favor, and the treaty was later broken.

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Settlers had made a treaty with the native people so that they could establish land in their favor, and the treaty was later broken.

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It was created to make money. It can be reversed.

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We should not celebrate Columbus Day, he enslaved millions and caused so much harm to so many people and tribes. Indigenous Peoples day should be celebrated instead. 

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We should not celebrate Columbus Day, he enslaved millions and caused so much harm to so many people and tribes. Indigenous Peoples day should be celebrated instead. 

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Only the statues of people that supported racism

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Only the statues of people that supported racism

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it isnt natural people where told what to do was to be racist not directly but over time

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No columbus did terrible things and should not be celebebrated.

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No columbus did terrible things and should not be celebebrated.

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Spanish explorers treated Native people badly.

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Spanish explorers treated Native people badly.

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Statues should be displayed to show pride. If we are all not proud of the statue then it should be taken down. 

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Statues should be displayed to show pride. If we are all not proud of the statue then it should be taken down. 

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Statues should be removed and names should be changed unless they had consent from their namesake or likeness.

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I think Indigenous Peoples Day should be celebrated because we live on their land. Columbus was a murderer. He ripped families apart. He took advantage of people who we kind to him. That shouldn't be celebrated.

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I think Indigenous Peoples Day should be celebrated because we live on their land. Columbus was a murderer. He ripped families apart. He took advantage of people who we kind to him. That shouldn't be celebrated.

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Racism wasn't natural it was made to give people power

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Racism wasn't natural it was made to give people power

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North America was already here he didnt discover anything

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North America was already here he didnt discover anything

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We should celebrate Indigenous people day. In Zinn ch.1 on page 5 the text states, "Columbus started his relationship with the Idians by taking prisoners." The Arawaks greeted Columbus and his men and he started to treat them the complete wrong way.

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We should celebrate Indigenous people day. In Zinn ch.1 on page 5 the text states, "Columbus started his relationship with the Idians by taking prisoners." The Arawaks greeted Columbus and his men and he started to treat them the complete wrong way.

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Indigenous peoples day because colombos was not a very good person.

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Indigenous peoples day because colombos was not a very good person.

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colombus did bad things and the native americans where kind and giving and game many things to columbus.

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You can use the map provided in the History Alive! textbook to see which crops each colony grew, or the locations of setllements.

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Racism wasn't natural it was created to justify slavery, so that slave owners could make more money.

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Racism wasn't natural it was created to justify slavery, so that slave owners could make more money.

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This is shown is the Stamped Chapters were Gomes Zurarara was introduced. He "justified" it to let people continue using slaves.

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I feel like Columbus should't get his own day because he was not a very good person and technically he is the reason that the indigenous people need a day and that they were treated badly.   

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I feel like Columbus should't get his own day because he was not a very good person and technically he is the reason that the indigenous people need a day and that they were treated badly.   

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Columbus did horrible things

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I don't think that the statues should be taken down. Even though colonists might've not been good, it is still historical. 

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I don't think that the statues should be taken down. Even though colonists might've not been good, it is still historical. 

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The need for labor came before slavery, which came before racial discrimination.

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The need for labor came before slavery, which came before racial discrimination.

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As said in the Howard Zinn book and the Forgotten History of our Ancestors video, Columbus and other colonists did terrible things to the Natives, and we should spend a day celebrating Natives and remembering the ones that died.

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Columbus didn't actually discover the Americas. The Indigenous people were there first.

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Racism was kind of initially supported because it helped the people who weren't being enslaved get work done for cheap.

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The Indigenous peoples were the first people to discover America, and Columbus basically came here and committed genocide.

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racism itself is not neccesarily natural. Like with colombus and him enslaving native americans, it was created. Although it shouldn't have been created, it is still an issue today due to the fact that some people were raised to believe white people are better than people of color.

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Racism is not natural. Gomes Eanes de Zurara had a single belief of black people and due to his high position people believed him. 

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Racism is not natural. Gomes Eanes de Zurara had a single belief of black people and due to his high position people believed him. 

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Columbus didn't actually discover the Americas, the Native Americans were already there first.

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Columbus came here and killed a lot of natives tortured many and stole from others. so he should not be celebrated

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You can consider whether or not Columbus really 'discovered' the land he explored for Spain

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Columbus was brutal to the Native people of the Caribbean (Zinn chapter 1)

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Columbus was brutal to the Native people of the Caribbean (Zinn chapter 1)