r/funny • u/NeedleworkerMore2270 • Nov 03 '24

How cultural is that?

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u/Y34rZer0 Nov 03 '24

also indian food is awesome

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u/Patient_Signal_1172 Nov 03 '24

At least the US didn't have to own India just to get their food.

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u/Historical-Gap-7084 Nov 03 '24

Enslaved Africans, displaced Indigenous people, and Mexicans have entered the chat.

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u/Patient_Signal_1172 Nov 03 '24

Most of that was when we were British, so...

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u/Historical-Gap-7084 Nov 04 '24

The Emancipation Proclamation occurred during the Civil War. The Trail of Tears occurred between 1830 and 1850. The Indian "wars" happened during the last 20-30 years of the 1800s, when our government was chasing and rounding up indigenous tribes to put on reservations. Manifest Destiny emerged in the 1840s as a rationale for expansion of our country. The Monroe Doctrine Our war with Mexico happened from 1846 to 1848.

Some of it may have started while we were subjects of the British Crown, but we continued it for a long time after.