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Christopher Columbus Is No Longer the Iconic Italian-American. And That Might Be a Good Thing.

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By Nancy Foner
October 10, 2014

It used to be that Christopher Columbus was the major iconic representative of the Italian-American community in popular culture, but he has since given way to the likes of Tony Soprano and all the Hollywood-inspired gangsters that came before him.

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