Rather than human rights, the #LasCasas legacy centers on spreading an elitist European Christianity that has since morphed into the modern White Christian Nationalism impacting the United States today.
#EuropeanImperialism

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...for replacing indigenous forced labor with African slaves. In 1510, he became the first priest ordained in the New World. SOURCE: Britanica
#LasCasas laid the groundwork for the paternalistic idea that European Christians knew best.
#EuropeanImperialism
#WhiteSupremacy bullshit

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#LasCasas vehemently condemned the atrocities committed by conquistadors during the early colonization of the Caribbean.
Facts: While often heralded as a hero for indigenous peoples, he was no savior; he sought to forcefully convert native populations to Christianity & initially advocated...

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