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We have more in common than you might expect... Italians quickly adopted Columbus as a shield against the ethnic, racial, and religious discrimination they faced in their adoptive country. They promoted a narrative of national origins that traced back beyond Plymouth or Jamestown, all the way to San Salvador. The nativist Anglos rejected Columbus, though, preferring the white-ness of Leif Erickson and claiming his landing sites south to Cambridge. Immigrants succeeded. The elevation of Columbus into a patriotic icon suggested to immigrants that they might demand full acceptance, and not mere toleration. But now that were sufficiently white..
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 09:16:26 +0000

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