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Casting Mexico as ‘The Other’ is old news in U.S. history, and it does a disservice to the shared past and culture common to all the Americas.
Carrie Gibson is author of El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America (Atlantic Monthly Press) and Empire’s Crossroads: A History of the Caribbean from Columbus to the Present Day.
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Casting Mexico as ‘The Other’ is old news in U.S. history, and it does a disservice to the shared past and culture common to all the Americas.
Honoring Columbus is an idea whose time has past. That is not to say that we don’t have plenty in our history that merits a day of celebration.