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4 years ago

I don’t even know what to make of this comment, what are you even arguing here? My point is that there is nothing about saying Spanish is a colonial language that is exclusive to Latinos in the diaspora

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4 years ago

My point is that there is nothing about saying Spanish is a colonial language that is exclusive to Latinos in the diaspora

Removed from context maybe, but in the context of that comment this is exactly what I’m arguing and I expect anyone from Latam to have my back on this.

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5 points

4 years ago

This simply isn’t true, people study and discuss settler-colonial dynamics in Latin America as well.

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4 years ago

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4 years ago

What do you think these settler-colonial dynamics are?

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4 years ago

Spanish settlers came and conquered the natives and created an entire political and ideological apparatus to justify their exploitation of them. Part of this was making other languages other than Spanish taboo and subject to punishment, legal or otherwise. This culture and ideology has not dissapeared in these countries and the erasure of a colonial past is part of that.

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4 years ago

Roman settlers came and conquered the Gauls and created an entire political and ideological apparatus to justify their exploitation of them. Part of this was making other languages other than Latin taboo and subject to punishment, legal or otherwise. This culture and ideology has not dissapeared in these countries and the erasure of a colonial past is part of that.

All of this is true, but try to tell a French person this. See if this makes them not identify with the French language

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4 years ago

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