Should We Celebrate Columbus Day? | Man on the Street

What's up guys this is will wit with PragerU today We're at Wake Forest University here in North Carolina, and we're asking students about Christopher Columbus and Columbus Day. Let's get started What are your thoughts on Christopher Columbus? Mixed feelings. I don't really know your school. Yeah he sucked he sucked he is a pretty terrible person He kicked some foreigners out of their homeland. There was a lot of Taking of indigenous lands. There's a lot of there's a lot of just general foolishness. Do you think he's a good guy? I don't know him personally. But uh He's probably okay. Do you know what year Columbus sailed? (unsure)1782 Close, what year did Christopher Columbus sail over? Hypothetically 1492 Hypothetically? Hypothetically could have been 1493. Could have been. What are the names of the three ships that he sailed over I have no idea What are the names of the three ships that Christopher Columbus sailed on? Uhhhh Santa Maria Uhhhh Pina and the Mayflower? No Nina is on your shirt Mayflower? Nope. Damn, is it nerdy that I have a shirt on with that helpful. I'm trying to help and educate thank you Nina, Santa Maria Pint...pinta. (To dog) Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah Oh, yeah, Christopher Columbus sailed over! Do you think we should change the name of the day? I think it just shouldn't be a day. Let's just not make it a day I don't even think there should be a day necessarily I think it's something relevant that we should celebrate to an extent just because It's pretty foundational in our history and just how we kind of got started Haha. Do you think we should change it to indigenous peoples day? I'm not even sure what that means. Most people don't what do you think? We should name it to? Kicking foreigners out of their territory day. Do you think that we should give the land back to the Native Americans? That's a big idea Should Americans give the land back to the Native Americans We're still working on acknowledging that we had American slavery for like four hundred years So I I would I would I would advise baby steps You're saying like what Christopher Columbus did was bad and we took the land from the Native Americans, right? So this is technically their land right? So should we give it back to them? Yeah, I think so You want to pack your bags we can leave right now. I mean, yeah, I got my backpack. I'm set Do you think we should give the land back to the Native Americans? Yeah, why not? We should leave. Yeah pack your suitcases. He and I are gonna leave (laughter)Go back to Europe oh my god no