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minus-squaresnooggums@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·3 days agoI literally don’t think that the raciats understandthat Bad Bunny is American.
minus-squareNotSteve_@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·3 days agoI’m not even American and even I know Puerto Rico is an American territory 😭
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·3 days agoYes, but many Americans don’t know that. The name is Spanish. Hell, so many Americans don’t realize that New Mexico is a state in their own country.
minus-squareBenLeMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoAnd it wasn’t until the U.S. invaded Mexico and forced it to cede large swaths of its territory. Same with California, Arizona, Nevada, etc. Puerto Rico didn’t exactly beg to be annexed, either. I think a lot of this panic about Latin American people illegally taking over the United States stems from repressed colonial guilt.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoLess guilt and more the expectation of revenge.
I literally don’t think that the raciats understandthat Bad Bunny is American.
I’m not even American and even I know Puerto Rico is an American territory 😭
Yes, but many Americans don’t know that. The name is Spanish. Hell, so many Americans don’t realize that New Mexico is a state in their own country.
And it wasn’t until the U.S. invaded Mexico and forced it to cede large swaths of its territory. Same with California, Arizona, Nevada, etc.
Puerto Rico didn’t exactly beg to be annexed, either.
I think a lot of this panic about Latin American people illegally taking over the United States stems from repressed colonial guilt.
Less guilt and more the expectation of revenge.
Perhaps.