>>44199028in america they never really depict people from the iberian peninsula as conquerors, the few that do get mention are introduced as "spanish" but spanish also means "white" for them, and it's sort of left alone as just a thing that had to happen because the leaders at the time were cruel because everyone died at a way younger age, but this also while saying everyone regardless of their mixture is "spanish" so every mestizo castizo octaroon mexican etc is "spanish" , dominicans and puerto ricans are "spanish", but philipinos are asians
even now people are knocking over statues of columbus because he's white and would probably point to the uk if theyre asked where he's from
on one hand they never have to apologize for slavery(why would you anyway?), on the other, their history/past accomplishments has nearly zero relevancy despite its over impact on the world as a whole
