Since we live in the US, it is easy to get bogged down in the racist history of the United States and overlook the fact that European colonialism affected the entire world. Here’s a nice article about the legacy of colonialism in Mexico.
500 years after Spanish conquest, still under ‘colonial domination’? by Arturo Conde writing for NBC News.
As Mexico looks back on the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs, an award-winning filmmaker wants his fellow Mexicans and others to confront their national identity — and re-examine how the legacy of colonial history still impacts people today.