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Race & Ethnicity

70sEraVet

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4. Forgive me for replying to my own post --

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Sun Oct 13, 2024, 09:51 AM

Oct 2024

The year 1492 is remembered in the Americas (either with celebration or condemnation) for Columbus' 'discovery', while in the Sephardic Jewish community, the year is remembered in solemnity as the year of the expulsion of the entire Jewish population of Spain.
I find it interesting to discover that the figure of Columbus represents both events!

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"Christopher Columbus may have been Spanish and Jewish...." [View all] 70sEraVet Oct 2024 OP

All I care about is that he was a genocidal asshole. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2024 #1

Oy!!?? SupportSanity Oct 2024 #2

This to me makes far more sense Metaphorical Oct 2024 #3

And while much of Spain was under the control of the Moors, 70sEraVet Oct 2024 #5

Forgive me for replying to my own post -- 70sEraVet Oct 2024 #4

A counterargument M_o_o_n_dust Nov 7 #6

She does give some good evidence of Columbus' enthusism of Christianity. 70sEraVet Nov 7 #7