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Protesters try to pull down Andrew Jackson statue in DC

On June 18, Christopher Calore wrote descriptively in defense of a man of faith, Christopher Columbus. I don&rsquo;t know Mr. Calore, but what he wrote about is very similar to what I studied years ago in school and what many of my teacher friends have taught more recently.
				As I have become more aware of systemic racism and how it has influenced all aspects of society, even churches, I see Mr. Calore&rsquo;s defense as a wrong that was perpetrated for centuries.
				I don&rsquo;t doubt that Christopher Columbus was a man of faith. I just see in his (and other well known explorers/conquerors) racism. The fact that the Church promulgated these racist practices doesn&rsquo;t make the church bad. It reminds us that it is made up of humans who can make serious and harmful mistakes that need to be corrected.
				The defacing of a statue that can easily be cleaned doesn&rsquo;t equate with the loss of human life that can&rsquo;t be replaced.
				To understand this situation more thoroughly, reading about The Doctrine of Discovery is helpful.
				S. Mary Ellen Brody, RSM
				Dallas

Your view: Defense of Columbus was wrong