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Columbus as supremacist? Some with Italian roots reject him

by Associated Press
| June 17, 2020 5:03 AM

BOSTON (AP) — Generations of Italian Americans embraced Christopher Columbus with little thought to the dark side of his legacy. But as the nation grapples with racial injustice, that ship may have sailed.

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