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Judi Lynn

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2. Previous background article, published last year, linked above:White supremacy in Colombia Part 1:
Mon May 10, 2021, 09:36 PM
May 2021

by Adriaan Alsema October 17, 2020

Racial discrimination in Colombia wasn’t a criminal offense until 2011 after a centuries-long history of white supremacy that persists until this day.

The concept of white supremacy was introduced by the Spanish after their arrival in the early 16th century, but 500 years later it is alive and well, especially when it comes to indigenous peoples of whom 67 were assassinated so far this year.

What historic debt? The fuck with you, drunken opportunist fucking Indians!

Argiro Castaño, 2020

Many Colombians continue referring to indigenous with the same dehumanization and victim-blaming used at the beginning of their ethnic cleansing 500 years.

. . .

Within three months, De Ojeda became the first of many Spanish to learn that the Wayuu were the only nation that could not be subdued.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/white-supremacy-in-colombia-part-1-kill-the-indians/
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