christopher columbus
Burning Spear: ‘Christopher Columbus is a damn blasted liar’ (video)
I and I all I know
I and I all I say
I and I reconsider
I and I see upfully that
Christopher Columbus is a damn blasted liar
Christopher Columbus is a damn blasted liar
Yes Jah
Mas…Burning Spear: ‘Christopher Columbus is a damn blasted liar’ (video)
Lay’s Potato Chips: Now with more racism! (1966 video)
Actor Bert Lahr — the Cowardly Lion in Wizard of Oz — plays both Christopher Columbus and a stereotyped Native American in this 1966 commercial for Lay’s Potato Chips. At least the Frito-Lay company recognized that taters are “local vegetation” before calling their hosts “Indian Givers.”
ON THIS DAY 1492: Strangers arrive from beyond the sea (toon)
Pocho Ocho other things that Christopher Columbus got wrong
Aside from not sailing to “India,” Christopher Columbus got many other things wrong:
8. He forgot the extra pair of chonies his abuela packed for him.
7. He named all of his ships after cholas, but forgot La Sad Girl.
6. He didn’t stop to ask for directions.
Mas…Pocho Ocho other things that Christopher Columbus got wrong
Getting discovered? It’s all about the context (infographic)
More toons like this @ Coolness Graphed.
Why is ‘Columbus Day’ still a thing? (NSFW video)
Why do we still honor this cruel racist thief? There are so many more worthy Italians, like Frank Sinatra, Al Pacino and Mario Batali. [NSFW adult audio.]
Columbus-ing: Gringos discovering ‘new’ things that aren’t new (video)
QUESTION: What do you call it when white hipsters “discover” new things that aren’t new?
ANSWER: Columbus-ing.
Wait.
What do you call it when College Humor dot com, who just released this ^^^^ video, discovers a June 6 La Cucaracha toon by POCHO Jefe-in-Chief Lalo Alcaraz?
PREVIOUSLY ON DISCOVERIES:
Mas…Columbus-ing: Gringos discovering ‘new’ things that aren’t new (video)
Pocho Ocho weirdest things found in Columbus’ Santa Maria shipwreck
The wreck of slave-trader and hopelessly-lost “explorer” Christopher Columbus’ Santa Maria flagship has been found off the coast of Haiti, according to reports.
The ship’s five-century-old cannon was looted but archaeologists are excited by eight unusual items they were able to retrieve from the ship, the Pocho Ocho weirdest items found on the Santa Maria:
8. Antique syphilis specially imported into the Western Hemisphere by his crew
7. The most extensive collection of 15th-century porn ever found outside the Vatican Library
6. A Ferdinand and Isabella “after sex selfie” oil painting
Mas…Pocho Ocho weirdest things found in Columbus’ Santa Maria shipwreck
Pocho Ocho other things Christopher Columbus totally got wrong
Aside from not sailing to “India,” Christopher Columbus got many other things wrong:
8. He forgot the extra pair of chonies his abuela packed for him.
7. He named all of his ships after cholas, but forgot La Sad Girl.
6. He didn’t stop to ask for directions.
Mas…Pocho Ocho other things Christopher Columbus totally got wrong
POCHO History 101: Actual European ‘discoveries’ in one handy map
All that stuff they teach in history about Europe’s so-called Age of Discovery turns out to be Eurocentric racist mythmaking, once you subtract places that couldn’t be “discovered” because there were already humans living there.
Mas…POCHO History 101: Actual European ‘discoveries’ in one handy map
Pocho Ocho other things Christopher Columbus got wrong
Aside from not sailing to “India,” Christopher Columbus got many other things wrong. Since Dia de La Raza/Columbus Day is Monday, we can’t forget the Pocho Ocho top boners he pulled:
8. He forgot the extra pair of chonies his abuela packed for him.
7. He named all of his ships after cholas, but forgot La Sad Girl.
6. He didn’t stop to ask for directions.