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In honor of Columbus Day (a blessing....and a curse) -- found on Facebook (Original Post) 70sEraVet Oct 13 OP
Oh, Marge. Hahahahahaha. Bleach, blonde, bad, built, butch body dummy. brush Oct 13 #1
I'm sorry to hear it too, elleng Oct 13 #2
There's a rumor his original name was Columbowitz! 70sEraVet Oct 13 #3
Columbus Day sale central scrutinizer Oct 13 #4
Now that it's suspected via DNA that Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe ... (repost) usonian Oct 13 #5
Geez, I thought everyone knew about the name amerigo vespucci. It was niyad Oct 13 #6
Thanks much for the two links. 70sEraVet Oct 14 #7

elleng

(136,042 posts)
2. I'm sorry to hear it too,
Sun Oct 13, 2024, 07:37 PM
Oct 13

Last edited Sun Oct 13, 2024, 08:17 PM - Edit history (1)

as I also heard he was not a 'nice,' or 'decent' person.

'The previously widely accepted theory was that Columbus was born in Genoa in 1451, to a family of wool weavers. But they now believe he lived in Spain - likely in Valencia - and was Jewish. They think he hid his background to avoid persecution.'

70sEraVet

(4,142 posts)
3. There's a rumor his original name was Columbowitz!
Sun Oct 13, 2024, 07:47 PM
Oct 13

Sorry, there's just no way to yiddishize the name Christopher.

usonian

(13,772 posts)
5. Now that it's suspected via DNA that Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe ... (repost)
Sun Oct 13, 2024, 09:25 PM
Oct 13
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/columbus-was-sephardic-jew-western-europe-study-finds-rcna175188

Let's stop the dumbass anti-Italian hate that has been going on.

The magnitude of this is chronicled in How Italians became 'White'
https://archive.md/avHAQ
as mentioned in https://archive.md/ufnu0

Finally, who knows where the name "America" is derived? (spoiler)

It's from explorer Amerigo Vespucci, and we're damn lucky the two continents aren't named Vespuccia.
Maybe "poochie" for short.


Reposted from:
https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1163&pid=5987

niyad

(119,875 posts)
6. Geez, I thought everyone knew about the name amerigo vespucci. It was
Sun Oct 13, 2024, 11:20 PM
Oct 13

taught in elementary school.

As for ole chris, I despise him for the monster he was.

70sEraVet

(4,142 posts)
7. Thanks much for the two links.
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 04:35 AM
Oct 14

As for considering what name could have been applied to the New World, it well could have been 'New India' -- I believe that the native inhabitants have been called 'Indians', because Columbus believed he merely discovered a new route to Asia.

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