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California was almost empty when it was annexed into the US. Disease etc. Immigration from the rest of the English-speaking US completely dwarfed what was lef
by justrealist 3y ago
California was almost empty when it was annexed into the US. Disease etc. Immigration from the rest of the English-speaking US completely dwarfed what was left.
Almost 100% of Spanish-speaking Californians have come in the past 50-70 years. Basically none have historical roots to California.
- eduardo_f 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californios https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californios
- aegypti 3y ago…the 15.2 million California Hispanics, who total 40% of California's population. 2004 studies estimated that between 300,000 and 500,000 have ancestry descended from the Spanish and Mexican eras of California Parent comment is mostly correct, californios are an insignificant part of California in comparison to eg Tejanos.
- Spooky23 3y agoI'd imagine in a 70 year timeline, easily 80% of the population has no historical roots to California!
- 29athrowaway 3y agoNot accurate. What is known as the American state of California was part of the state of Alta California in Mexico, which was annexed by the US during the Mexican American war. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta_California https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta_California Years later, the Mexicans as well as their descendants, who were Americans by Jus soli (birthright citizenship) were ethnically cleansed during the Mexican Repatriation, where they were kidnapped, put into buses and trucks and sent to Mexico. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Repatriation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Repatriation Many Mexicans are mestizos (mixed with Native Americans), so they have a deeper connection to the land dating to tens of thousands of years and this is reflected in the population genetic haplogroups.
- justrealist 3y agoNo, those were more recent immigrants. Read your own link. I am talking about at time of annexation, 1847.
- 29athrowaway 3y agoMestizos have a stronger connection to the land than European settlers.
- justrealist 3y agoNobody has any connection to the land, people are not plants.
- stmichel 3y agoSo if you get shipped to Turkmenistan tomorrow that wouldn't be a problem right?
- justrealist 3y agoThere are a lot of open questions here but yes I hope my kids and grandkids would be afforded the same rights as native Turkmen.
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- mistrial9 3y agocertain native people had trading routes that went all the way from Central America up to Washington State. source: a group that still does this, and has land near Mt Shasta too
- thrway63245 3y ago[dead]
- TMWNN 3y ago>California was almost empty when it was annexed into the US. Disease etc. Immigration from the rest of the English-speaking US completely dwarfed what was left. >Almost 100% of Spanish-speaking Californians have come in the past 50-70 years. Basically none have historical roots to California. Correct. I go into more detail on why this is the case elsewhere. <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38415835 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38415835>