Moonrise2473@feddit.it to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoThis Italian "newspaper" wanted to depict the "indian heritage" of an US candidate. Chennai, Cherokee, the same.feddit.itimagemessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up1389arrow-down1imageThis 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 · 3 months agomessage-square108fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekvasir476@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up109·3 months agoTo be fair the Italians have a 500+ year history of mixing up Indigenous Americans and Indians.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·3 months agoNo, literally. Columbus thought he was landing in South Asia.
minus-squareRogueBanana@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 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