Do you agree with Loewen on his interpretation of Columbus’ influence on race relations? (see p. 53: “Christopher Columbus introduced two phenomena that revolutionized race relations and transformed the modern world: the taking of land, wealth, and labor from indigenous people in the Western Hemisphere, leading to their near extermination, and the transatlantic slave trade, which created a racial underclass.”)

After reading the selection from James Loewen’s Lies My Teacher Told Me, please answer the following:
Do you agree with Loewen on his interpretation of Columbus’ influence on race relations? (see p. 53: “Christopher Columbus introduced two phenomena that revolutionized race relations and transformed the modern world: the taking of land, wealth, and labor from indigenous people in the Western Hemisphere, leading to their near extermination, and the transatlantic slave trade, which created a racial underclass.”)
When responding to your classmates consider what is the purpose in underplaying visits to the Americas prior to Columbus.

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