Nicolas Wey-Gomez; Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies, Brown University, says that Columbus represents the paradigm of the "great explorer, the great navigator", a person who challenged the scientific notions of the time and created a bridge between European and American cultures. But people should also be reminded that he introduced slavery in the Caribbean and that there was a record of abuses from the men under his command that "cannot be contested".

I CHALLENGE Wey-Gomez to present a List of Columbus' Abuses, AND also present me with a List of the Abuses of Hispanic (Spanish origins) Conquistadores throughout North and South America.

How could Wey-Gomez (of Spanish ancestry) BLAME all the TRANSGRESSIONS of the Spanish Conquistadors on an ITALIAN EXPLORER .The Hypocrisy and Distortion of Responsibility is ATROCIOUS !!!!!!!! Put the Blame where it BELONGS, The SPANISH, or their offspring, i.e., the HISPANIC, LATINO, CHICANO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is similar to putting the blame of the 40,000 vehicles fatalities a year on Karl Benz (inventor of auto) or Henry Ford (inventor of ModelsT&A ), instead of the reckless or drunken drivers !!!!!!!!!!

Additionally, For instance at the University of Texas, among many other Universities, MEChA, the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán - a Chicano student political-action organization recognized Columbus’ arrival to the New World, by holding demonstrations in honor of - Indigenous People’s Day- and protesting the genocide of Native Americans that followed Columbus’ discovery.

MEChA’s positions are extreme. Among other things, the group calls for an organized resistance to classism and capitalism and claims to reside in Tejaztlan instead of Texas. They also claim that the Western part of the US that lies approximately west of a Line Running from Vancouver to New Orleans belongs to Mexico. 

Whereas, Hispanic, and Latino, refer to the SPANISH Western Hemisphere residents, Chicano is more specifically used by those from Mexico, and is a term created by the SPANISH.!!!!!!!!

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http://www.dailytexanonline.com/opinion/
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