Nothing History is Wrong
Introduction
Insist in the finding a fact is a necessity that needs to be
extracted. Therefore, I will be to try to uncover
a differences in
historical perspective. Overview information about
a historian Howard Zinn figure he was born on 24th of August 1922 in New
York, and died on
27th of
January 2010, he was a son of a Jewish immigrant family
that Edward Zinn
a waitress and Jennie
(Rabinowitz) Zinn, a household. He is a
student in New York public school
and works in
Brooklyn Navyard before
joining the Air Force during World War II. At
the age of 87th years,
in addition to a historian, he is also a playwright,
his name is written as one that reveals the
history of the United States
seen from various point of view.
As we know that, talk about Howard Zinn is many different perspective in the
discussion about history of Columbus. From the Howard Zinn book’s is the title
“Anthropology of the Shelf” Anthropologists on Writing Edited by Alisse
Waterston and Maria D. Vesperi (2009 )
part 2 with the title “Speaking Truth to Power with Books1” Howard
Zinn is described about Columbus badly.
Summary
Howard Zinn’s writings, has changed the consciousness of a generation, and helped
open new avenues in
understanding as well as providing an important meaning for our lives. For Howard Zinn,
activism is only
for renewal demolition
natural history he taught. He wrote a very famous
book, "the history of the
American people" (1980) that
favor the people as a hero
rather than founding peoples were mostly
slave owners were very closely tied
to the establishment.
Howard Zinn’s intelligent in uncover his thinking riep and brave to
explained his perspective with ripe again, able make me was very admire Howard
Zinn. As a reader, I know although
actually, the validity of his writing gets a lot of critism and protest. But,
he not lossing the creadibilities as a great writer. I was felt attracted to obtain a deep
understanding of about his perspective related Christoper Columbus. One of the works he wrote in chapter 2 Speaking Truth to Power
with Books1 reap
a lot of criticism for his discussion of Christopher Columbus is considered unusual,
delivery written in the history of the hidden
mystery.
As we know that a book, it can be a reversal of
history of history that has been poured to
date, like a book written by Howard Zinn's "A Peoples History
of the United State" in the book are told that
we have seen in the Howard Zinn’s point of view that Columbus it
is someone who is very bad. He is not
a hero (inventor of
the Americas) but actually he is
a murderer, torturer, rapist, kidnapper, mutilator
natives, hypocritical, greedy people looking
for gold, and so forth.
As well as other sources say Columbus punish the local tribes,
known as the Taino, with cruel. He enslaved the local population and massacred
many more, according to Ward Churchill, a former professor of ethnic studies at
the University of Colorado, until the year 1496, the population has been
reduced from as many as eight million to about three million. Columbus and his
men documented by the history of Las Casas, known as Brev'sima - n relaci,
which performs human mass lynchings, the baked on the beach, burning at stake
and even behead the children and gave them as dog food as a punishment for
crime the smallest. The master of the Spanish massacred the natives, sometimes
hundreds simply as a form of exercise, make a bet on who could split a man in two,
or cut off the head to drop in one hit, sometimes they also decapitate foot
small children to drop out only for test the sharpness of their swords .
But also in the Howard Zinn’s article is the title “Speaking Truth
to Power with Book1”, from the title of this article Howard Zinn was
tells about the story of Howard Zinn truths revealed
in the United States that had been
interpreted incorrectly, as we have seen, that
the American continent was
discovered by a figure Columbus
looks perfect in
American society. However, behind the figure of Columbus
that there are irregularities
that seem unknown to the American public.
The real reason why Columbus went
sailing to America that is because Columbus raping the daughter of one
of the Spanish nobleman who was aged 13 years. Courts
can not decide he should be put to death. Occur in 1491 and
a priest named
Father Perez mediate
on behalf of Columbus and pleaded with
Queen Elizabeth to
fund Columbus if he manages to be able
to convert the native
Christians, and finally Queen Elizabeth sent Columbus
to find a new continent
(when the main
goal is seek
India) and the
hope, Columbus can not go back.
There are other books that
expose about Christopher
Columbus crime that Helen Ellerbe's book entitled
"The Dark of Christian" on pages 86-88, in this book
describes about Columbus’s cruelty.
In addition to torture, he also frequently
raped indigenous women
and whipping them
for sheer pleasure. Columbus
oppression including inhumane acts that
should not be
done to humans by a hero.
While the American people assume that
Christopher Columbus was a hero they discovered the Americas and Bible readers pious.
In fact they commemorate
a special day
called "Columbus Day" as a memorial of his services as the inventor of the Americas
Main
Body (Qritique)
But, problem is
should be scrutinized here is why Howard Zinn does not open
the actual fact that
the discovered America Columbus is not Muslims, in fact, Howard
Zinn know but
still only cover
this lie, and views
of the life of Howard
Zinn, he is a
Jew and more
sure Jews are the
enemy of Muslims. It’s my view
that, Howard Zinn did not want to open its
validity. He is won’t world know that discovered America is a Muslim. He
won’t world know a Muslim has a hero was discovered a America.
So, why our perspectve as a Muslim about this problem? If seen from
the my self as muslim, I felt Howard Zinn is very cruel was hidden about this
fact. But, if I evaluate as a reader, I think this is not problem because every
historian or writer has a own perspective in the wrote history. They are has a
reason why wrote like that.
Conclusion
Whatever differences of opinion about the history of
Columbus is certain it can not be blamed, who is that perspective’s
Zinn or anyone else. Because they
have each assumption
in wrote a history.
To emphasize the heroism
of Columbus and his successors as navigators
and inventor, and
to emphasize their
genocide, is not a technical necessity but
an ideological choice. Unwittingly serve to
justify what has been done. My point of view that we
should not insist
denounce wrong when
tells history, accuse,
pass judgment, condemn the Columbus.
It's too late for that, it would be useful in a scientific
exercise morality. To be sure we take the wisdom
and lessons from the history of many cases
to handle our
future. Our most important task
is that we find out the truth of the historical
facts, not to judge who is wrong.
NReferences
·
Howard, Zinn, 2009. Speaking
Truth to Power with Books, Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
·
http://enslikopedia.blogspot.com/2010/06/jika-ditemukan-colombus-mengapa-benua.html
(Downloaded on 7 Mart 2014)
·
Howard Zinn, 1999. A
People’s History of the United States. AS.
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