We are trying to get rid of a life-size Cutout of Christopher Columbus.

Indigenous communities have been persecuted in the Americas since Christopher Columbus first came ashore on the island of Guanahani in the present-day Bahamas 528 years ago.

They have had their land stolen, people slaughtered, enslaved, and infected with diseases, women raped, children kidnapped, treaties broken, and possessions and goods plundered and looted.

There were between 5 million and 15 million Indigenous people living in North America in 1492. By the late 1800s, there were fewer than 238,000 left.

The so-called “Age of Discovery” has begot centuries of genocide.

Indigenous peoples populated the land now called the United States for more than 15,000 years before the arrival of Christopher Columbus, but most American schools teach that Columbus “discovered” America—despite the fact that he never set foot on its soil.

Christopher Columbus and the rejection of him by Indigenous communities is about more than just statues, holidays, or Columbus himself, it’s about what he symbolizes—the elimination of Indigenous peoples from history and the national narrative, and the silencing of their voice and value.

The main problem of South Jordan Middle,is the kids feeling unsafe, kids have reported problems of being bullied of their race ( and many other reasons)

but the main problem is, Racism, such as kids report hearing others saying the N word or making racist jokes or comments, right now we have a Cutout of Christopher Columbus In our school library, this is racist, and very disrespectful to my culture, and it hurts to walk into the library and see this man, who kidnapped raped and killed Native Americans, we have already tried to get him out but the school is Refusing to, and suggested to put a “map” of the reservations of Native Americans.

Please we love for you’re help to end this situation to make us feel safe.