And the Estatutos de limpieza de sangre (blood purity statutes) established discrimination based on ancestry by shifting the focus from current religion to lineage. Converts were considered “new Christians” who still carried Jewish or Muslim “blood”, which was seen as intrinsically impure. >
They’re using the word “Reconquista” because they’re trying to stealth past normal Americans who don’t know anything about Portuguese and Spanish history. Following the Reconquista there was over 100 years of Inquisition: systematic torture and murder of Muslims, Jews, and assorted “witches”.
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