How do I deal with a Racist School

I am part Native American as well. Do some research on Chris Columbus, I think you’ll find he never set foot on what we know as the United States of America. He stumbled about on Hispaniola, Cuba, the Bahamian Archipelago, Honduras and others in his four voyages. Though said to be brutal in his ruling of his colony on Hispaniola, he really didn’t kill anyone on what is now the U.S. You’ll find why we are called America and I think you’ll agree if history was properly served, we’d be called Erika or Eriksonia after Lief Erikson. Columbus was an Italian working for the Spanish Royalty trying to find the West Indies and he thought that’s where he was when he hit a Bahamian Island and then went on to Cuba and Hispaniola. When he believed he was in the West Indies, he called the inhabitants Indians. Several of the islands have graves they claim contain Columbus’ remains. So though his discovery did lead to the European “invasion” of America, it was truly an accident, led by an Italian sailor who was lost and half a world away from where he wanted to be. Do some research, then express your opinion. It is not something to be taken personally, it’s just another part of our history (and I mean American History). We should all be proud of our heritage, and you have a strong heritage to be proud of. But don’t let it be an “us and against them” attitude. And you might tell the others from your ancestor’s point of view, 12 October could be viewed as the day of The Great North American Invasion!