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Words Against Hate, The Blog, Page 67

Indigenous People’s Day

Italians, Catholics, and ethnics from Catholic backgrounds are thick on the ground in Massachusetts in 2018. They generally regard themselves — and are seen as — “American.” In 2018 in Somerville, Massachusetts, our Italian-American mayor, Joe Curtatone, is turning his back on the glorification of Christopher Columbus. In Somerville, Columbus …