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Happy Nonindigenous Peoples' Day!

By Julian Markowitz

Oct 07, 2021
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In recent years, Columbus Day has become the object of considerable scorn on account of Christopher Columbus’s alleged racism and, more broadly, a belief that European contact with North America was a net negative—a terrible mistake for which Americans of European descent should feel guilt. Well-researched books and articles have vindicated Christopher …

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