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3 تغريدة 1 قراءة Oct 12, 2022
As of late 2021, more than 6,000 public references to Christopher Columbus were across the country, according to an analysis by the MIT Data + Feminism Lab.
Private businesses weren't included in the count, so Columbus’s prevalence is likely even greater. wapo.st
Although Columbus never set foot in the continental United States, churches, schools, municipal buildings, roads, rivers and mountains all don his name. He is memorialized in every state except Hawaii, according to available data. wapo.st
For decades, his legacy remained mostly uncontested.
But as homages to Columbus spread more rapidly in the 20th century, his reputation shifted as more voices spoke to what his image represented to them: colonialism, slavery and genocide. wapo.st

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