Christopher Columbus may have been Spanish and Jewish, documentary says
www.theguardian.com
Claim raises idea explorer was from community expelled by his Spanish patrons, but experts view it with caution

Anti-Semitic United Statesians in shambles?

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    253·
    3 months ago

    I’m Jewish and I don’t think I’m a bigot and I am not pleased by this only in the sense of, as I already suggested, people deciding I need to shoulder that blame directly as a Jew along with Gaza and the execution of Jesus.

    I don’t think his ancestry really matters. I think his actions do.

    But it’s interesting on an academic level.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
      82·
      3 months ago

      That’s basically the only common sense reaction heh. The purpose of my comment was mostly/solely to make fun of bigots including Columbus/Colon/Colombo/Cobra or whatever his real name was 😁