yup, struggle session time
edit: no one is right, everyone is wrong :^)
edit 2: this post is actually dedicated to Amy Goodman, please stop trying to sound cool grandma
This simply isn’t true, people study and discuss settler-colonial dynamics in Latin America as well.
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.
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
