A good example of this is the Black Legend [1]. A lot of the anti-Spanish colonialism sentiment we see, even today, is due to the war between England and the Sp

A good example of this is the Black Legend [1]. A lot of the anti-Spanish colonialism sentiment we see, even today, is due to the war between England and the Spanish empire and anti-Catholicism. For example, even some of the accusations against Columbus are not the product of 'wokeness', but old polemics reasserted in a modern context. Non-English accounts tend to be less critical, which makes sense, since England had everything to gain from painting Spanish colonial efforts in this way. Contrary to popular belief today, many of Columbus's contemporaneous regular citizens would have been appalled at some of the allegations levied against him. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Legend_(Spain) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Legend_(Spain)