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One of my dreams is that Americans will treat New World history and accomplishments with the same respect as we treat European history and accomplishments. LatA
by local_crmdgeon 3y ago
One of my dreams is that Americans will treat New World history and accomplishments with the same respect as we treat European history and accomplishments. LatAm is wonderful, the food is better than across the pond, and a lot of the cultural history there impacts our day to day lives here.
Mexican and Guatemalan migrants? Many are 100% ethnically 100% Mayan.
There's a lot of evidence that the American obsession with natural rights is at least in part due to Native thought and lifestyle. Their history and motivations matters a lot more to you than Lord Fuckwad of Luxembourg marrying his sister. The accomplishments down there are just as remarkable, and much more accessible than the Euro equivalent.
- lobsterslive 3y agoThere's a really great Youtube channel that covers indigenous American history called Ancient Americas: https://www.youtube.com/@AncientAmericas https://www.youtube.com/@AncientAmericas It does a ton of really great deep dives into pre-Columbian and native cultures. I agree with you that there's a lot to learn and an unrecognized degree of influence on our day to day lives (corn and potatoes being two examples).
- suzzer99 3y agoDon't forget chocolate, tomatoes, and basically all spicy food. The spiciest thing in the Old World before Columbus was black pepper.
- sho_hn 3y agoAs a European, after reading "1491" and "1493" by Charles C. Mann last year, I agree: I learned a lot from that book. I didn't realize there was such a treasure trove of world history there, and so many intricate links between these societies in the early history of American colonization.