columbus day statue

La fama di Cristoforo Colombo da tempo è entrata nel mirino dei paladini del cosiddetto “politicamente corretto”; ma la sua impopolarità ha subito un’impennata dopo gli incidenti razziali di Charlottesville, quando tre persone di movimenti pro immigrati rimasero uccise ad...

As a collective community, with many shared experiences, do we, Italian/Americans, need a unifying myth? During this historical moment, of deep alienation and ethnic insecurity, the answer seems to be – yes! All myths are artificial creations of the human...

There is simply no basis for seeing the clash between the Native Indians and the invading Europeans in stark good and evil terms — the peaceful innocents versus the murderous and avaricious Spaniards. Columbus has become one of the worse...

Would it not be better instead to keep the monuments as a reminder of the fallen ideologies of the past that no longer represent our supposedly more enlightened present? In a passionate discussion held in one of my classrooms the...

The reaction to events in Charlottesville, VA has brought about an opportunity to re-visit how the United States has honored historical figures who are not necessarily the virtuous figures many had assumed. This has led to rally cries to tear...

Con le elezioni che si avvicinano, però, l'iniziativa si è trasformata presto in una vetrina elettorale, con più "santini" elettorali che cartelli di protesta. Tutti contro il sindaco De Blasio, che ha considerato possibile la proposta di abbattere la statua:...