Lyric discussion by teebs 

Cover art for 1492 lyrics by Counting Crows

1492 is the year Columbus arrived in America and ultimately the creation of Racism.

Creation of racism? Bull. Racism was not created by Christopher Columbus coming to America.

Sure, his arrival led to the decimation of an entire nation of peoples and cultures, (no, not the Africans, that wasn't until the Dutch brought them over way later...Spaniards used Natives as slaves and didn't treat them nearly as well as blacks were treated.) At least Africans are still around to complain about their treatment. 99% of all Natives have been wiped out completely, a more efficient genocide has never been duplicated elsewhere.

Either way, racism was around LONG before Columbus. You could not be further...