Moonrise2473@feddit.it to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoThis Italian "newspaper" wanted to depict the "indian heritage" of an US candidate. Chennai, Cherokee, the same.feddit.itexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThis Italian "newspaper" wanted to depict the "indian heritage" of an US candidate. Chennai, Cherokee, the same.feddit.itMoonrise2473@feddit.it to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square106fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekvasir476@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoTo be fair the Italians have a 500+ year history of mixing up Indigenous Americans and Indians.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoNo, literally. Columbus thought he was landing in South Asia.
minus-squareRogueBanana@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoPretty sure it was just a joke about spice and Indian food
To be fair the Italians have a 500+ year history of mixing up Indigenous Americans and Indians.
It’s tradition!
spice-y take!
No, literally. Columbus thought he was landing in South Asia.
Pretty sure it was just a joke about spice and Indian food