The sudden urge among the politically left-leaning Italian Americans to cancel Columbus isn’t moral growth; it’s white privilege... The people most responsible for erasing Italian American symbols aren’t outsiders. They’re you: descendants of immigrants who were once lynched, segregated, and treated as criminals, now comfortably accepted and eager to prove that acceptance by denouncing their own history.

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“Removing Columbus is not a threat to my Italian culture, but a relief to other minorities.”

That statement isn’t compassionate. It’s breathtakingly ignorant and disrespectful.  Here's why...