No, @nytdavidbrooks. When Europeans first settled this continent they had two big thoughts: genocide & enslavement.pic.twitter.com/RYCCxMHi9e
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"Black teens refuse to participate in contradictory national anthem. Who should write about it?" NYT: "A misinformed old white man."
RE: David Brooks: Let me back up a bit; my mentions help me remember that we have flawed ideas about the way the Americas were settled.
Brooks references "when Europeans first settled this continent." Objectively, "this continent" means North America. That includes Mexico.
Stop thinking Pilgrims. The first Europeans who settled this continent were the Spaniards. They started their conquest of Mexico in 1519.
If we want to suspend reality and say that "this continent" only means what is now the US, it was also Spaniards that settled here first.
The Spanish first settled St. Augustine (Florida, yes, a Spanish language name) in 1565. Way before Jamestown. Way before Pilgrims.
Spanish conquistadores ran up and down the whole East Coast: not just Florida, but Georgia, the Carolinas, and a lot more.
"Jamestown was the first European settlement in 1607!" Umm, no. Spaniards were in Chesapeake Bay in 1570.
I'm not defending the Spaniards, but I do want to point out that even popular history preferences a very Anglo brand of white supremacy.
LMAOOO this op-ed belongs in the Revisionism Hall of Fame
Um....except for women. And black people. And Native Americans. And .....
Black men are getting tired of this shit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5cRyHQ1imA …
IknowIknowIknowIknowIknowIknow!
A whole 'nother take on #Clueless! #DavidBrook #BlackLivesMatter
forgive Canadian @nytdavidbrooks.
DB, a British Colonial, can't master US History.
Patriot? DB's kids serve a foreign Army.
That's how the Washington's pigman became 1st President of the United States. And how Mrs W became Vice President, of course.
what kinda yt-ass mythology?
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