Once upon a time, there were colonisers-explorers-cartographers from the Spanish Empire who said, "ah all you 7,000+ islands in the west Pacific; y'all be named after our King Felipe II." The caucasityhttps://twitter.com/pstyrell/status/1263447904401780741 …
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And then another empire, the United States, bought those 7,000 islands (peoples of 180+ languages) from the Spanish Empire for 20 million USD in 1898, without Filipinos in the negotiating table. If you're an American reading this tweet, were you even taught this part of history?
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NOPE! Maybe at best 1 sentence in U.S. History. It glossed over the Pacific. America sucks.
4:13 PM - 21 May 2020
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