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We’ve done it. We’ve found the silliest Castro eulogy

By Becket Adams
Published November 29, 2016 9:09pm ET
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We’ve done it. We’ve found the silliest Castro eulogy
The Cuba Archive project, which has worked for years to document the Castro death toll, reported at the end of 2014 that it had roughly 10,000 documented records of Cubans who had been killed, disappeared or displaced by the regime. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) | Koji Sasahara

A lot of silly things have been said about Fidel Castro since his long-awaited death last Friday, but the New York Daily News has the unique distinction of publishing possibly the silliest take on the passing of the long-reining communist dictator.

In a breezy, glowing op-ed titled, “Fidel Castro was an unwavering champion of racial equality,” Brooklyn College professor Ron Howell argues (unconvincingly) that Castro was a terrific crusader for human rights.

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