It’s like same sex marriage or legal weed. The fact that the topic of taking it down is brought up each year is proof. Soon, the monument at Columbus Circle will come down. I chuckle at both New York mayor Bill de Blasio and former governor Andrew Cuomo who argued that it is possible to “honor” both Columbus and indigenous peoples. Enough.Īnd so, his monuments must come down. He was a privateer, for the Spanish empire, no less. But somehow he became an icon for Italian-Americans in the early 20th Century, as Italian immigrants fought for legitimacy and acceptance in the United States. In fact, he never set foot on the North American continent. Christopher Columbus was no Italian-American.
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