Da De la Raza

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• Día De la Raza

Kyle Sias 3rd 2/27/09
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?Día de la Raza Day of the Race ?Columbus Day
is often celebrated throughout Latin America as
the birth of the first Latinoamericanos. The day
of La Raza (Día de la Raza). This helps preserve
the proper reverence for our Native heritage as
well as the African, Asian and European heritage.
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get ready
set go ?Today on October 12, Hispanic heritage
and accomplishment is celebrated as Día de la
Raza. ? Around 10,000 years before Christopher
Columbus stepped foot on the Pacific coast of
Costa Rica, there were civilizations utilizing
this land bridge between North and South.
?October 12 was Día de la Raza, Race Day, a
celebration of the human race as well as
Columbus's voyages ?The people that greeted
Christopher Columbus when he first came ashore
were the Arawaks of the Bahama Islands.
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• ?Christopher Columbus found a new route to
  India.
• ?It took him eight years to convince Queen
  Isabella of Spain to pay for his journey.
• ?He was off on his calculations and he didn't
  find a new spice route.
• ?So he tuck these tree ships La Niña, La Pinta,
  and La Santa María.
• ?he people that greeted Christopher Columbus when
  he first came ashore were the Arawaks of the
  Bahama Islands.
• ?October 12 was Día de la Raza, Race Day, a
  celebration of the human race as well as
  Columbus's voyages.

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• ?Cristóbal Colón, born Cristoforo Colombo,
  following the newly accepted theory that the
  world was round and not flat, sailed west from
  Spain to find a new route to China or the East
  Indies.
• ?With royal approval and funding, he set
  forth in 1493 with a fleet of 17 ships and
  retraced his earlier voyage.
• ?For his efforts, Columbus was made admiral
  and Governor General of the new colonies until he
  was sent back to Spain in disgrace in 1500.
• ?Christopher Columbus and Columbus Day are
  reviled in places because he is blamed for
  bringing the evils of slavery.
• ?Día de la Raza is the celebration of the
  Hispanic heritage of Latin America and brings
  into it all the ethnic and cultural influences
  making it distinctive.

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?Christopher Columbus found a new route to
India. ?It took him eight years to convince
Queen Isabella of Spain to pay for his journey.
?He was off on his calculations and he didn't
find a new spice route. ?So he tuck these tree
ships La Niña, La Pinta, and La Santa María. ?he
people that greeted Christopher Columbus when he
first came ashore were the Arawaks of the Bahama
Islands. ?October 12 was Día de la Raza, Race
Day, a celebration of the human race as well as
Columbus's voyages.
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?Columbus arrival ? The date of Columbus'
arrival in the Americas is celebrated in Latin
America (and in some Latino communities in the
USA) as the Día de la Raza ("day of the race"),
commemorating the first encounters of Europe and
the Americas which would produce the new Mestizo
race, culture, and identity. The day was first
celebrated in Argentina in 1917, Venezuela in
1921, Chile in 1923, and Mexico in 1928. The day
was also celebrated under this title in Spain
until 1958, when it was changed to the "Día de la
Hispanidad." In Spain, the "race