@Moonrise2473@feddit.it to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 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.it@Moonrise2473@feddit.it to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square108fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@kvasir476@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish108•4 months agoTo be fair the Italians have a 500+ year history of mixing up Indigenous Americans and Indians.
minus-square@Maggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoNo, literally. Columbus thought he was landing in South Asia.
minus-square@RogueBanana@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish7•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