translated from Spanish: Video October 12: Indigenous Resistance

In 1492, Christopher Columbus stepped on America and began the absurd legend of talking about “discovery”. Of course, for Spain and Europe they were unknown lands, but on the new continent there were already generations and generations of towns, cities, religions, cultures and technology. However, the might was notorious and the conquest was unleashed. Over the years, the story began to change, stories and myths began to be questioned and today it is claimed that the Crown, in name, will know one of whom, did what it did. In this new video, Pupina Plomer brings a question to work on: Why is it necessary to rethly what happened in America?
There are different currents about what happened. On the one hand, the black legend, which ensures that the invading hosts were brought to American societies with total genocide and on the other, the pink legend, where the humanity of many Spaniards and their role in the education of our original peoples is highlighted.But both readings are already! While it is true that in many places the Spaniards carried out an unprecedented massacre, we must also not ignore indigenous societies as active agents in the framework of the time, ignoring their impacts and resistances lead us to reproduce Hispanicisms where the only important thing was what came from Europe.This time, let us take advantage of this October 12, Day of Cultural Diversity , to listen to those voices that were silenced for centuries and learn more about the multiculturalism present in our America.

Original source in Spanish