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Debates about Columbus’ Spanish Jewish ancestry are not new − the claim was once a bid for social acceptance
(The Conversation) — In connection to Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day, media from the BBC and Fox to Reuters and Haaretz reported on new DNA evidence about the holiday’s original namesake.
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Debates about Columbus’ Spanish Jewish ancestry are not new − the claim was once a bid for social acceptance
Today, it provokes uncomfortable questions. especially claims about Columbus as a Jew. Fixating on his ancestry reinforces the racial blood logic of the Spanish Inquisition, according to which a ...
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Move Over, Rupert Murdoch. Elon Musk Is The New Master Of Perception
Seven decades ago, a young Rupert Murdoch inherited a newspaper in Australia. The family-run publication would transform over the decades into the world's most influential media empire ...
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Debates about Columbus’ Spanish Jewish ancestry are not new − the claim was once a bid for social acceptance
According to research revealed in a recent Spanish documentary, Christopher Columbus was not Italian, as widely assumed, but Sephardic: of Spanish Jewish lineage. About 1 in 5 people in Spain and ...