Have we gotten any Columbus Day questions yet?

In the United States, Columbus Day is a Federal Holiday. However, many believe that it is wrong to celebrate a figure who enslaved and exploited indigenous peoples, and not to mention never set foot in North America (where the United States are located). Of course, some conservative takes (especially among the Italian-American community, which uses Columbus as a conduit into the country's founding mythos) instead would have it that the holiday should still be celebrated, as Columbus was only acting within the norms of his time, and that he should be celebrated for his feat of crossing the Atlantic (of course, the counter-argument typically runs that Columbus was particularly cruel, even for his contemporaries, and that Columbus didn't actually know he was crossing the Atlantic).

What does academic scholarship on the Caribbean, North America, and South America agree upon? Does a debate on the man's character exist in academia as it does in American pop culture?