Standard US playbook as the Spanish Empire declined, I fear. See also: Cuba...

… case of the Philippines, there was a systematic dehispanization that favored English and Filipino. The American government, in order to preserve their image and justify their colonization, portrayed Spain as the evil colonial master, although one may argue that America’s idea of “benevolent assimilation,” which had an end goal of anglicizing the Philippines, was not benevolent at all. After the country’s independence, this Leyenda negra or black legend in English, was widespread amo…
Discourse on The Hispanic Identity of Filipinos
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Oct 6, 2024
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Standard US playbook as the Spanish Empire declined, I fear. See also: Cuba...
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Professional translator by day. Writer of silly and serious stuff by night. Also by day, when I get fed up of tedious translations. Founder of Iberospherical.
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