Why We Should Celebrate Columbus Day

Over the past year, American and other nations that recognize the achievement of Christopher Columbus have been celebrating Columbus Day on the second Monday of every October. Specifically, this year’s Columbus Day was celebrated on 9th October. However, the recent article published in New York Times conveys Americans’ losing interest in considering Columbus Day as a certified holiday. According to the author, who asks her audience whether the United States should continue celebrating Columbus Day, people should clearly understand Columbus’s achievement. With it, people will be able to determine a necessity to proceed with this day’s celebration.
One of the primary reasons why I chose to respond to this article is as most citizens do not fully realize the actions they perform on a daily basis. For instance, a lot of people participate in an exercise because others are participating or because their peers are participating. The author may have the point that Americans should commemorate Indigenous People’s day rather than Columbus Day, but few people understand that Indigenous People should not be celebrated or acknowledged. To be fair enough, I think some people may be aware, but a vast majority …show more content…
Though I am adherent to the majority of Americans that do not bother to question the mentioned issue, I view this phenomenon as interesting. In particular, the article aligns with what I learned in Unit 4: Sensation, Perception, and Consciousness. Based on this material, I know human beings perceive their world through their senses, and for this reason, they cannot work on the complex set of processes. Notably, the practicality of this unit has never crossed my mind until I faced this news article as the reason why I acknowledge many people in my life was unrealized by me. Reading the article and relating it to my course made me conscious in everything I perceive and