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Christopher Columbus statue graffitied with 'rapist' and 'murderer' by activists

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Black Lives Matter demonstrations. Columbus, who was for a long time considered the "discoverer of America", is now portrayed by many historians as the instigator of massacres of indigenous populations and mass pillaging.He and his men were responsible for many acts of brutality against the native population, from physical violence to infecting them with new diseases such as smallpox.Anti-Columbus sentiment is also gaining popularity in the public opinion.There have been calls among American activists to get rid of the national holiday Columbus Day on October 12.In 1992, Jacques Chirac, then Mayor of Paris, refused to allow the city to celebrate the 500-year anniversary of the 'discovery' of America, explaining that Columbus' expedition was.

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