No, @nytdavidbrooks. When Europeans first settled this continent they had two big thoughts: genocide & enslavement.pic.twitter.com/RYCCxMHi9e
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No, @nytdavidbrooks. When Europeans first settled this continent they had two big thoughts: genocide & enslavement.pic.twitter.com/RYCCxMHi9e
David Brooks actually wrote that, starting in 1776, your country of origin didn't matter: you'd have equal opportunities. What??
"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.
It's Eurocentrism. Even the claim that the Vikings were 1st (Vinland) is Eurocentric: they were 2nd after Bering migrations.
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