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Flynn said the museum is organizing an exhibit called "Encounters with the Americas" that focuses not only on Columbus and other explorers but also on many early inhabitants of the continent. A large part of the exhibit, Flynn said, will relate to the experiences of the early Mayans and South...
Columbus' discovery has always been glorified by European scholars, scholars of the people who most benefited from the voyage of Columbus. As an enlightened community, it is time to look at Columbus' arrival on this continent from different perspectives, so that we can come to a more accurate and complete...
Another story with a depressing twist that turns into elation deals with the questions of a hypothetical Black homeland, which Bell says he sees as a very close parallel to Israel. In this story, a new continent appears on which only African-Americans can survive, and a huge debate ensures...
Columbus Day should be used, LaFontant believes, not to exalt the man who "discovered" the New World, but rather to reflect on what his voyage meant for the people already on this continent and those who followed him across the ocean, both as free immigrants and as slaves.
These experiences in the sub-Saharan region of Africa demonstrate vividly the poverty of the continent, but also the possibility of a better life as democracies emerge and people are able to realize benefits from free trade and improved health and food production. Unless human suffering is alleviated, the continent...