“Sometimes we also find a tendency to view everything that's indigenous as good and anything "European"-such as Spain-as evil. That view overlooks such historical realities as the Aztec empire's oppressive domination of other indigenous societies and its class system, which privileged priests and the military. That view also forgets Spain was not a typically European nation after 600 years of rule by the Moors, an Arab/Berber people from Africa.” ClassAfricaSpainMoorsAztecEuropeanAztecsBerber Book:De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century Source: De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century
“The collective memory of every Latino people includes direct or indirect (neo-)colonialism, primarily by Spain or Portugal and later by the United States. Among Latinos, Mexicans in what we now call the Southwest have experienced US colonialism the longest and most directly, with Puerto Ricans not far behind” United StatesColonialismSpainLatinoPortugalPuerto RicoMexicansLatino HistorySouthwestern UsPuerto Rican History Book:De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century Source: De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century