tive, he correctly laid the basis for proselytizing Christianity to the "heathen" peoples across the Atlantic. From the opposite vantage point, Columbus began a process of genocide greater than any holocaust human history has witnessed. Through the introduction of smallpox, measles, and gonorrhea, Columbus would have as his legacy the elimination of complete indigenous populations and cultures from the face of the earth. And with this irreparable slaughter, some claim, he built the foundation for white racism against all peoples of color (D. N. Hopkins). Mark Twain once said, “It was a miracle that Columbus found America, but it would have been more the miracle if he had not.” It was truly a remarkable task that Columbus had made a route to the Americas. It can not be disputed that if not for Columbus we probably would not be as economically advanced as we are. But in-as-much, if not for Columbus our country and maybe even our world might not be as racially prejudice. And for fact the people in the Americas would have been able to learn the lessons that the true fore-fathers would have past down. And who knows, maybe we could have learned a lesson or two about love and how to keep peace....
