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(Discovering) Columbus is fun! micropolisnyc: 5 Things I Learned from the “Discovering Columbus” exhibit at Columbus Circle. Christopher Columbus is a hero — or at least that’s how most adult visitors like to think of him. Kids are more likely than their parents to see Columbus as a colonizer, enslaver or the guy whose germs helped decimate Native populations. So I heard from a security guard who’s eavesdropped on some fierce intra-family debates. A lot of people don’t have much faith in academic scholarship, especially if it casts Columbus in a negative light. “It’s history. We rewrite history all the time,” said Scott Mackey, from Rochester. “So whoever’s teaching it, it’s their twist.” In 1891, the year before the statue was erected, 11 Italian-Americans were lynched in New Orleans. This I heard from John Mancini, head of the Italic Institute of America, who’s been a vocal critic of the exhibit because it doesn’t present these kinds of facts. The exhibit is a hit. It’s sold out just about every day, and every visitor seems to have a smile on their face. Columbus is Fun! The exhibit is up through November 18. More info at the Public Art Fund. (Photo by Tom Powell Imaging)

(Discovering) Columbus is fun!

micropolisnyc:

5 Things I Learned from the “Discovering Columbus” exhibit at Columbus Circle.

  1. Christopher Columbus is a hero — or at least that’s how most adult visitors like to think of him.
  2. Kids are more likely than their parents to see Columbus as a colonizer, enslaver or the guy whose germs helped decimate Native populations. So I heard from a security guard who’s eavesdropped on some fierce intra-family debates.
  3. A lot of people don’t have much faith in academic scholarship, especially if it casts Columbus in a negative light. “It’s history. We rewrite history all the time,” said Scott Mackey, from Rochester. “So whoever’s teaching it, it’s their twist.”
  4. In 1891, the year before the statue was erected, 11 Italian-Americans were lynched in New Orleans. This I heard from John Mancini, head of the Italic Institute of America, who’s been a vocal critic of the exhibit because it doesn’t present these kinds of facts.
  5. The exhibit is a hit. It’s sold out just about every day, and every visitor seems to have a smile on their face. Columbus is Fun!

The exhibit is up through November 18. More info at the Public Art Fund.

(Photo by Tom Powell Imaging)

  • Posted 8 months ago
  • October 8th, 2012

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