No, @nytdavidbrooks. When Europeans first settled this continent they had two big thoughts: genocide & enslavement.pic.twitter.com/RYCCxMHi9e
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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.
actually the 1st settlers here according to those Olmec face statues were Africans who didn't conquer but lived amongst natives
Thank you. So many can't think past 1620. US educational system is warped.
to add to this the Spanish (Spain) were cruel--they hunted indigenous ppl with dogs, skinned them, and chopped off their hands..
I think the Vikings would begin to differ.
Wow. Yes. Rarely if *ever* heard proper weight given to Spain's tri continental empire in histories of North America.
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