Good morning another beautiful day and another episode of daily mind As you guys know today's Monday and for the listeners in the US, you know today is Columbus day So guess what topic it is today Columbus day. All right, so we all know the story or some stories of Columbus day and Growing up in school, you know, you say all the blue in 1492, you know, I'm pretty sure some of you have heard that Yes, so the general consensus is that Christopher Columbus discovered America now over the years people have got a little bit more Conscious and questionable about about that, you know, we're taught a lot of things when we are kids and we follow it Now when you're older you begin to question things a little bit more you become a little bit more self aware more conscious and With today's technology if you grew up in, you know, if you were born in 80s grew up in 90s, you know Now you as you can see afforded the opportunity to research on your own So lately or the past few years there have been people questioning the Authenticity of Columbus day whether or not it should be a holiday Should you call it indigenous peoples day, you know, we're both, you know Can both terms coexist with each other? Um, not without problems So, you know Italian Americans are very big on Columbus. They're very supportive of Columbus and you have everybody else especially Native Americans Who thinks otherwise that thinks like, you know, this man was a murder He got lost looking for spices and came across the Americas, right?
You know, no, I guess nobody's perfect and it was like he had a garment back in the day, but it was what it was so The general thing is should this man be celebrated? I'll be honest with you I mean, I'm kind of cross-by it. So this is where this this conflict comes every year when this day lands no pun intended So this is this is always an issue So I mean what do you people think out there like how do you see it? You know a lot of people just see it as a day off, you know, like especially when you're in school You're just like, oh man Columbus day You may not care like about the man But you got a day off or even now if you're working you're an adult and you're just like man for some of us We got the day off you're like, well, you know, I don't care about what this man did the boss or they get the day off You got people who think that way to and that's okay, you know, I mean if you're afforded the opportunity to have a day off Then so be it, you know, who's gonna, you know, whatever you believe in and you get that day off It is what it is.
So, you know, now again, we're back to this whole, you know I'm on Facebook right extensively maybe a little bit too much and I seen on my news feed So it was a hit midnight Columbus day happy indigenous day happy Columbus day fuck Columbus this that and the third It's it's every single year, you know now I think the federal government has recognized it also as indigenous people they I guess they look at it as you know Try please everybody look give the people who support Columbus day and give the people who support indigenous day Let them support that too Again, it's it's one of those things, you know, whether it's what you believe in or not believing again demand Sailed all the way from Europe the Italians thought the man was crazy So the Spanish gave it a shot funded his trips his idea was to go to India or just discover spices and somehow got lost in Up in the Caribbean did his business his markings there and then he came to the Americas now mind you there were people already at these places So he didn't quite discover it in a sense like okay It was not having to land and he shows up and he claims that for Spain there were people already at these places Okay, so he didn't really discover he discovered his own right like okay. It's your first time there So you know you discovered for the first time and there were people already there, okay? We're talking about the Caribbean we're talking about plays like Cuba as you know today Puerto Rico to make up all these places And then you know the rest of the Virgin Islands and then you know At the time the Americas they were not just already there in the Caribbean head to tell you knows the air walks and in the US You've had a plethora of different by Tribes that were already at these places. So I mean did he really discover America?
No, he did not discover America in a sense that in a way he thought he did you know again thinking okay There's no one here and you see these people with these brown faces and he's very very Indigenous closing and he's just like okay. Wow, this is crazy and what follow afterwards is what makes this so controversial and that is the So get over to go the massacre and the slaughter's behind it now those parts They don't teach you in elementary school your kid A lot of things in schools are left out a lot the teacher can only teach so much in a hundred and eighty day period with a very tight curriculum Right, they can't get too much into detail. So that's where parents out there teach what does what the teachers don't teach so Again, you know he goes. There's a lot of um well questionable things that he has done and Again, this is where that whole you know this mention not be celebrated.
He did not discover America. He raved pillaged. So Essentially, so you know this now we're here 21st century 2022 Do you guys celebrate Columbus day or indigenous people day? How do you do it?
Okay? Whether it be a day off some people are still working and you know big shout out to them. We're doing so somebody has to do So somebody got to keep things running right unfortunately some people get the short end of the stick and it is what it is so I'm gonna leave a question like every episode there'll be a question left and You know again ask the question or you know what you can email me my email is Austin Edwards 795 at gmail.com again. That is Austin Edwards 795 at gmail.com and the question will be how do you celebrate Columbus day indigenous people day?
Do you celebrate at all is it just another day to you? what is it you know Just whatever it is you put it in the comments or email or whatever the case is just you know Give me and give me a holler. I'd like to hear everybody's opinion. You know what they my podcast some of them I'm pretty sure you take calls, but I'm not that big time yet.
So in the meantime, I'll take some questions, you know and In my opinion, I see I guess I see both Columbus and indigenous people there That's just what it is for me and with my job. I'm always guaranteed to get that day off. Okay, I feel both can be celebrated in tangent But a lot of people don't think so it should just be one day not another day Well, that's everybody's opinion. That's the beautiful thing about opinions is that everybody's entitled to what again I personally think that both days should be celebrated.
However, you see it however you see history because that's what today's technology We can dig deeper into history. We don't have to exactly go off of what we've been taught in school We can dig deeper for the truth or whatever sets you free again in school They can only teach so much in a short period of time. So now you got so many different websites You got Google don't always go off a Wikipedia people do change that so I really use that as a Research plan so research platform. I would not use that you can use it to your discretion but again, don't go completely off of that and um You know you can you can see for yourself try to make sense of it all that That's what it really is about you know, I mean and and really see what the argument is about this You know why people feel the way they feel when this day comes around because I'm telling emotions fly high when this day comes around I mean, I'm looking at it on my Facebook feed and I'm telling you like yeah, it's the same thing every year And you know, it's funny because when I started social media Facebook, I think I started around 2011 It wasn't really that crazy, but then again Facebook was a no filter Platform of just whatever you could say whatever you to post but of course now Facebook has become a little bit more censored That's one other episode censorship, you know social media and the do's and don'ts.
That's another episode in itself But again, you know people are making their voices heard That's a social media is basically a platform I just it gives you a little soapbox to stand on and make and be heard may not be a stage We are so box depending on how big your uh your statement is gonna be a stage if it gets a lot of attention, but I digress so back to Columbus day again, you know, it's just not it's just another day It's just another day and regardless of the fact Columbus they will always be celebrated by someone somebody in the US will celebrate now In Canada, they don't celebrate Columbus day, right? They really don't it's just an indigenous people day or just another day I don't know what today up there will be called I can tell you for a fact They do not celebrate Columbus days. You just the US particularly mostly Italian Americans who are proud of Christopher Columbus and his discovery or However, you see it, right? So again, I I like I said both days can and can coexist Okay, that that's the thing about a lot of things today is that there are a lot of things I can coexist But there are things there are people that think otherwise, that's just like race right?
You got all these different races and backgrounds and stuff all can coexist together, but you still have people who hold on to Um very old ideologies of what should be you know, well, you know, this shouldn't be a thing No, we shouldn't be with these people and and again, that's a generational curse. That's something that's passed down every single generation That's a taught behavior. That's not something that's inherited again. I digress but it kind of goes in that same realm.
So now My day today is I'm just gonna spend it just relaxing cleaning up my house. You know, it's Columbus They have a day off luckily for that but I'm not gonna sit here and then Yeah, I'm not again. I'm gonna celebrate both days if I want to celebrate to me. It could just be a regular day I'm not doing anything special where I live at there are no Columbus day parades You know, I used to live in New York City where I believe as we speak There's a Columbus day parade or fifth Avenue every single year big turnout.
You get a lot of Italian Americans that show up It's like a big parade primarily with them. Okay again. I said a little bit earlier that the holiday here in the US is celebrated Um, I'm also a time American now Italians in Italy on the other hand when I was out there When Columbus day rolled up, I there's no acknowledgement of this man. I bring up another You know good thing like, you know, do they celebrate this man?
I don't know I don't think the Italian celebrate Christopher Columbus I really don't think they do and that's interesting in itself because now, you know, a lot of people here in the States do But you know just to find out if the Italians don't celebrate them like should we celebrate them here? Again, that's one of those uh answers I could get in the questions once I post it And again, should he be celebrated here? Well, yeah, because the general consensus is that he discovered america, but not realizing I think we're already here and again elementary school is going to give you the fluff version of his discovery of america They're not going to give you the raw and gritty Not to know third grade. That's for sure.
Definitely not going to do that You know, turn them off parents go crazy and like, oh, we teach my kid in school, you know, this Because their parents were taught differently about Christopher Columbus than maybe the kids today So, you know, the parents are going to have a heartfelt message to the teachers on how they were teaching their kids about Christopher Columbus Versus what they were taught about Christopher Columbus coming up and near heyday, whatever day that may be so You know, again, I I I I always touch you every year. It doesn't really bother me. Okay. It really don't bother me Um No, I'm not saying what he done doesn't bother me But the whole should it be celebrated.
I can say I guess you could say I'm a little neutral on it To me, it's just like a day, you know, I mean, it's a day for others It's more than that and I'm going to be completely respectable respectful about that Okay, you celebrate how you want to celebrate. You're only not one life to live, right? Celebrate whatever you do whatever you take this day as you take it and don't let other people tell you otherwise don't be a Bandwagon, you know what I mean? Like, oh, you know, because you hate it.
I'm gonna hate it too. Are you like, you're like, I don't do that Think for yourself think with your own mind It's a lot of what a lot of people don't do nowadays. They don't think for self Everybody wants to be a part of something jump on something and stuff like that just jump on it They don't think for themselves. You have a brain to think for yourself You don't have to be like everyone else and think like everybody else.
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I've seen it. I had about four plays oddly enough when I looked at the analytics It said that happened from Ireland. So I don't know how true that it says out of my four plays to it It's like a 50 50 percent split to from iron 50 percent Ireland 50 percent the u.s So if it's indeed true that I'm getting somewhat an Ireland listening to this and whoever you are That's a big ups big big shout out and if that's the case I truly truly appreciate it Listen, I appreciate anybody listening to this thing. Okay, anybody I'm getting who you are Because I mean somebody is listening and with the hundreds and hundreds of podcasts out there It can be a bit much it can be a bit competitive and again.
I mean I never ever get on those levels of People who does who do this professionally like again, I gotta still get a boom mic and mic and and all this stuff I'm recording from my phone. So I am low budget at the moment But please believe as it's take off I will get more equipment better audio quality and all this other stuff So hey, I'm gonna wrap it up With just this last little bit. It's just think for yourself. However you see this day you go buy it It doesn't change anything.
I mean, we're all here in the United States of America and it's a whole different america than what was discovered And most importantly just live your day to day. Just don't these things they come and go Trust me. This will be over once a hit midnight and it'll be another day and then actually roll around around this time It'll be Columbus day. We'll have the same same discussion again So again, just live your day If you do have the day off enjoy it have a good time spend time with family if you are with family If you're solo, do, do, do, you know, think go do something don't relax watch some tv via couch potato But nonetheless, it's a holiday and it's a federal holiday with two names Columbus and indigens however you celebrate it hey Celebrate all right so hey, I'm gonna wrap this up with a daily mind.
This is the second episode Um, there'll be another episode tomorrow possible. Yeah, there'll be another episode Whatever the topic is again the topics just come up as the show is recorded because again It all depends on what the day is and what I come across that I think is probably good for a Discussion of sorts. So I'm gonna wrap it up with this you enjoy your holiday whatever you choose to celebrate and again This will be we'll be back in another episode. All right.
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