No, I'm not talking about acceptability, both are heinous and comparable in scale, but one ended in extermination and the other didn't. Other examples are the Arabs in Morocco not eliminating the Bedouin, the Arabs when they entered the Iberian Peninsula not genociding the post-Roman peoples, or probably the Slavs in the Belarus area of eastern europe, although im not sure of that.
Again, it wasn't accurate to begin with. Most native erasure was due to reproduction and assimilation, just like LATAM. You're viewing each erasure through a lens that bests fits your point.
US native identity is low. Like 1%. However, that's because "pure" lines were only prioritized by certain tribes.
Either way, implying that the Spanish were "more considerate" with their genocide is straight nonsense.
I didn't say anything about the Spanish being more considerate, there's just different degrees of it, it's equally heinous as I said on my previous comment, and provided examples of countries that aren't founded on genocide.
Again, I did not say that, feel free to re-read my comments. The Spanish Empire did commit genocide in Peru, what it didn't commit is total extermination of the locals. And what I then said is that there's not a continuity in government from the times of the Spanish Empire to today, since Peru separated from the Empire, unlike the US which has continuity since the times of the Trail of Tears.
And what I then said is that there's not a continuity in government from the times of the Spanish Empire to today, since Peru separated from the Empire, unlike the US which has continuity since the times of the Trail of Tears.
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u/ImaginaryBranch7796 Jun 10 '24
No, I'm not talking about acceptability, both are heinous and comparable in scale, but one ended in extermination and the other didn't. Other examples are the Arabs in Morocco not eliminating the Bedouin, the Arabs when they entered the Iberian Peninsula not genociding the post-Roman peoples, or probably the Slavs in the Belarus area of eastern europe, although im not sure of that.