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Columbus Doesn’t Represent Italian Americans’ History, He Tarnishes It

We don’t need to give a statue to a genocidal sex trafficker

The 76-foot statue of Christopher Columbus in Columbus Circle in New York City. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Thursday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo confirmed his support for the Christopher Columbus statue in Manhattan. His reasoning: The statue represents “the Italian American legacy in this country, and the…