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This article is largely based on the claims of Bartolome de Las Casas, an activist from the time of Conquistadors. Some scholars believe thathe wildly exaggerat
by astine 17y ago
This article is largely based on the claims of Bartolome de Las Casas, an activist from the time of Conquistadors. Some scholars believe thathe wildly exaggerated the crimes in order to convince the Spanish and other governments to intervene.
- narag 17y agoHas anyone travelled to both Spain and Latin America? Spaniards are white. Latins have on average a mixed colour. So it's clear that extermination did not take place... there.
- b-man 17y agoThere was miscegenation for sure, not only with native people but between Europeans, Africans and everyone else that came here. But that does not imply that there was not an extermination. [1] [1] A single and not isolated example. -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupi_people#European_colonization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupi_people#European_colonizati...
- narag 17y agoThere was miscegenation for sure, not only with native people but between Europeans, Africans and everyone else that came here. The racial traits are different from african to american natives. It's clear the difference between Brazil or Cuba (where most slaves were brought) and Mexico. And remember I'm writting of average, About the word "extermination" it seems you're using it to describe killing of many individuals. I would keep it to refer to something like killing 99.99 indigenous population.
- borism 17y agoWhat should I make of the fact they're mixed color? Extermination didn't take place, but rape did?
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