Hey, Brown University, I am of Italian Decent

My letter to the President of Brown Universtity.

President Simmons:

Brown University was, at one time, a proud institution of higher learning. Today, it has sunken to the level of indoctrinating students in Liberal Political Correctness.

There is no greater proof of the University’s arrogant and insular mindset than the recent abolition of Columbus Day. Brown U. states that Columbus mistreated American Indians and brought disease to North America. You are correct. I would mention, however, that the Karankawa tribes of South Texas were cannibals. The Kiowa, Pawnee, Comanche, and Sioux nations all practiced some form of enslavement, took coupe (i.e., scalps) during inter-tribal warfare, and tortured each other. You are surely aware of human sacrifice, as practiced by the Indians of Central America.

Given these circumstances, how do you justify the ridiculous actions of Brown University? Please do not tell me that a democratic (Or, should I say a Democratic? Secular progressive? Liberal? Left wing?) process concluded in removing a holiday honoring the genesis of our society. Columbus Day goes far beyond the man.

On a parallel note, Columbus Day has come to represent a celebration for Italian-Americans and Americans of Italian descent. Yes, the ethnicity of a Western European culture can be celebrated. As an American of Italian decent I am offended by the dismissal of a day celebrating my ethnicity.

Please consider injecting sanity into the spiraling insanity that infects this nation. You have this sacred responsibility to your University, your students, and your country.