Should New York City ban Columbus Day?

[dead0man]

The US should change the name of it (or just get rid of it, we have plenty of holidays), but obviously we shouldn't be banning parades.  That's a dick move.

[dead0man]

Columbus was a man who started the biggest genocide the history knows. The Black Lion awaits.

Columbus was a piece of sh**t, enough of a piece of sh**t that we don't have to make up sh**t like this to make him look bad.

[dead0man]

People see Columbus Day more as a symbol of Italian heritage and exploration, than about the man himself. 

I think Enrico Fermi could replace Columbus and everyone would be happy with that.

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Only racists and Italians are attached to Columbus Day. I can't say that I'm concerned about the racists but I think that Italian-Americans deserve some sort of celebration for their contributions to American society, Enrico Fermi seems like a good choice.

Why do Italian-Americans deserve a holiday?  Is there another group of _____-Americans that have a Federal holiday? (the answer is no if you were wondering...unless you think MLK jr day is one for African-Americans, which wouldn't be a crazy thing to think)  More Americans have German heritage than any other, what are the odds we get a German-American federal holiday? zero.  German culture in America was beaten to an inch of it's life during WWI, and then put out of it's memory during WWII.