columbusing

White middle-class public historians are columbusing[5] activist history-making and grassroots preservation work—treating it as a new frontier to be discovered, explored, and exploited.

We need to talk about public history's columbusing problem | National Council on Public History GVGK Tang 2020

To Columbus. It’s a verb meaning to discover something (especially if you’re white) that’s already been discovered.  The term was coined by College Humor last month, and it’s useful. Miley Columbused twerking; Elvis Columbused rock ‘n’ roll; Richard Burton Columbused the source of the Nile; the protagonist in that College Humor video Columbuses a mostly non-white bar. Columbusing—everybody’s doing it.

The Real Meaning of Columbusing Noah Berlatsky 2025

If you've danced to an Afrobeat-heavy pop song, dipped hummus, sipped coconut water, participated in a Desi-inspired color run or sported a henna tattoo, then you've Columbused something.

'Columbusing': The Art Of Discovering Something That Is Not New Brenda Salinas 2014

If you've danced to an Afrobeat-heavy pop song, dipped hummus, sipped coconut water, participated in a Desi-inspired color run or sported a henna tattoo, then you've Columbused something.

'Columbusing': The Art Of Discovering Something That Is Not New Brenda Salinas 2014

To Columbus. It’s a verb meaning to discover something (especially if you’re white) that’s already been discovered.  The term was coined by College Humor last month, and it’s useful. Miley Columbused twerking; Elvis Columbused rock ‘n’ roll; Richard Burton Columbused the source of the Nile; the protagonist in that College Humor video Columbuses a mostly non-white bar. Columbusing—everybody’s doing it.

The Real Meaning of Columbusing Noah Berlatsky 2025