1-Christopher Columbus was sent on his voyage by a government that had just thrown off the last vestiges of seven centuries of foreign rule. Of course, that government's response to retaking their own land also included expelling the country's Jews. History doesn't divide neatly.
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Also, his accomplishment wasn’t really “his” or “his” alone. And reiterating that here is just bad history.
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The Americas had history already
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Are you making an argument in favor of a certain political view today? As in — keep the day? Keep the statues? If so, make it explicit. And either way, I’d now like to know your take on the indigenous peoples that were exploited through Columbus’s and other’s explorations.
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