Murderer & Rapist Christopher Columbus

RedVEVO · Postby **RedVEVO** » August 13th, 2018, 1:17 am

SR wrote:RedVEVO
Where are your ancestors from amd what year did they come to trinidad?

Does it not make sense that if CC was a rapist , his statue should be destroyed ?

Educate yourself and maybe you will understand that history is written but lies
are told.

Better put a status of ANR Robinson, Manning, VS Naipaul , CLR, Lara, Penny, Ganga etc.

Postby SR » August 13th, 2018, 1:21 am

In other words you cant answer the question

RedVEVO · Postby **RedVEVO** » August 13th, 2018, 1:36 am

SR wrote:In other words you cant answer the question

OP's question ?

Yes, CC statue should be torn down .

With haste

Postby SR » August 13th, 2018, 1:37 am

I finaly see what others have been stating ........

RedVEVO · Postby **RedVEVO** » August 13th, 2018, 1:48 am

SR wrote:I finaly see what others have been stating ........

Ok

Stay in school & learn to spell .

Respect women and do not rape or murder anybody

sMASH · Postby **sMASH** » August 13th, 2018, 3:02 am

RedVEVO wrote:
SR wrote:CC is part of this country's history like it or not. Statue should remain.

So if YOU are in a family and you are a rapist and a murderer you should remain within the family ?

Tear down the statue

If they built the house that u CONTINUE to live in, then yes, stay.

RedVEVO · Postby **RedVEVO** » August 13th, 2018, 3:16 am

sMASH wrote:
RedVEVO wrote:
SR wrote:CC is part of this country's history like it or not. Statue should remain.

So if YOU are in a family and you are a rapist and a murderer you should remain within the family ?

Tear down the statue
If they built the house that u CONTINUE to live in, then yes, stay.

Dysfunctional family situation :lol:

Google it

sMASH · Postby **sMASH** » August 13th, 2018, 4:35 am

*return tickets*

The_Honourable · Postby **The_Honourable** » October 13th, 2018, 12:00 am

The Columbus beatup continues...

A clash of sorts between two groups of indigenous people today and it's all because of Christopher Columbus.

Today the first people's held a peaceful march in Port of Spain but the Warao tribe, which has been lobbying for the removal of Christopher Columbus statue, included itself in the march and it turned into a heated debate.

ProtonPowder · Postby **ProtonPowder** » October 13th, 2018, 12:53 am

Agree fully with Hernandez; taking down CC statue will do nothing for anybody, and will just cause even further unrest over naming and depicting... well pretty much everything.

De Dragon · Postby **De Dragon** » October 13th, 2018, 5:50 am

Kambon once again trying, and failing to be relevant. "Racial hierarchy?" WTF! Are these people so imprinted with an inferiority, (or is it entitlement?) complex, that they cannot, or do not see the inherent value in themselves? To storm the people's march to get air time for yourself is appalling and a new low.

vaiostation · Postby **vaiostation** » October 13th, 2018, 6:48 am

De Dragon wrote:Kambon once again trying, and failing to be relevant. "Racial hierarchy?" WTF! Are these people so imprinted with an inferiority, (or is it entitlement?) complex, that they cannot, or do not see the inherent value in themselves? To storm the people's march to get air time for yourself is appalling and a new low.

That's pretty much everybody in our entire country now.

HSA · Postby **HSA** » October 15th, 2018, 7:54 am

like op just pass carib civ in uwi

matr1x · Postby **matr1x** » October 15th, 2018, 8:32 am

If it weren't for cc, we would be in whichever country our ancestors originated from. In other words...worse off

timelapse · Postby **timelapse** » October 15th, 2018, 8:49 am

matr1x wrote:If it weren't for cc, we would be in whichever country our ancestors originated from. In other words...worse off

Thats before or after the europeans eff it up?

matr1x · Postby **matr1x** » October 15th, 2018, 9:45 am

Some of of them eff up before euros. Africa was a disaster without the euros

The_Honourable · Postby **The_Honourable** » Yesterday, 10:58 am

Columbus statue to be removed from PoS, square to be renamed

THE Port of Spain City Council has decided to remove the bronze statue of Christopher Columbus from the nation's capital and rename Columbus Square.

The council plans to build a new monument to honour the victims of the subsequent genocide that the navigator's so-called "discovery" brought.

Speaking during the Kambule Street procession on August 1 to celebrate the 187th anniversary of the emancipation of African slaves, Port of Spain Mayor Chinua Alleyne announced the move, among several other recent decisions, to not only celebrate local heroes but to ensure that future generations are educated and inspired.

Alleyne said that in 1880, the bronze statue was gifted to the then Borough Council by a wealthy cocoa planter and merchant from Martinique, Hypolite Borde. He said the merchant paid for the refurbishment of an old, neglected cemetery, which is now known as Columbus Square. It was opened in 1881 by Governor Sir William Young as a memorial and tribute to the navigator. However, he said this must go for healing to occur.

"More than 140 years later, restoration and repair require that as we ensure that the yet-to-be-born revere our ancestors like Kwame Ture, we also ensure that they learn our colonial history in its most appropriate historical context. For that reason, the Council of the City of Port of Spain has taken the decision to remove the statue of Christopher Columbus from Independence Square and to make it available to the National Museum and Art Gallery for display."

He said a committee will be set up to determine a new name for the square in honour of all of the victims of the genocide of indigenous peoples, the trans-Atlantic slave trade and colonialism. He said an art collective will also be created to come up with a new monument for the location.

"Ladies and gentlemen, a name is a powerful thing."

Additionally, he said the council also decided to rename part of Oxford Street, Port of Spain, as Kwame Ture Way to honour the pan-African revolutionary's contribution to the fight against institutional racism.

Alleyne said the National Trust already recognised Ture's birth home on Oxford Street as a heritage site, but the renaming was necessary to celebrate his contributions. Ture was born Stokely Carmichael on June 29, 1941.

"He was a monumental figure in the American civil rights and black power movements and a titan of the global pan-African movement. A leader on the road to restoration and repair alongside other ancestors like Martin Luther King Jr, Angela Davis, Malcolm X and Kwame Nkrumah, the first prime minister and president of Ghana. Kwame Ture once famously said that the job of the conscious is to make the unconscious conscious."

The portion of Oxford Street from Argyle Street to Charlotte Street will be renamed Kwame Ture Way.

"It is our hope that those yet to be born will grow up inspired by the work of this global pan-African hero from behind the bridge in Port of Spain."

https://newsday.co.tt/2025/08/01/columb ... e-renamed/

timelapse · Postby **timelapse** » Yesterday, 11:19 am

Is about time.Now to get rid of the Venezuelans

MaxPower · Postby **MaxPower** » Yesterday, 11:22 am

timelapse wrote:Is about time.Now to get rid of the Venezuelans

Too late for that.

Many already settled legally.

Don’t forget when the Chinese came it was a rel beat up and fight down.

Don’t forget when the Syrians came.

Trinis let their guard down.

This is what happens when you have a laid back population.