Let’s Talk About Columbus
6 min readSep 27, 2020
Spoiler: He was a rat.
Awhile back, I joined an Italian-American heritage group on social media. It seemed like a good idea at the time; I’m interested in the Italian (Sicilian) heritage that my grandfather never talked about and this group would post articles and proverbs in Italian, which I’m studying. (Side note: My dear friend, Sabrina, is still waiting for me to attempt my pathetic Italian skills in a real…