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I don't know enough about Portugal to argue with this. I know about French colonialism and the horrors they inflicted, and British colonialism and the horrors they inflicted, and those examples make me suspect that all colonialisms are going to produce the same horror.
But, I don't know for sure. Haven't read that history yet. I know there's a lot of extremely violent racism in Brazil's history, but that's technically not Portugal so I can't say for sure that reflects on Portugal itself.
Basically, I don't know enough to argue about this 😅
(also pay no attention to that down vote you got - I promise it wasn't me!)
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And the Estado Novo’s colonies were all in Afrasia (not merely Africa as such).
It really bums me out seeing somebody deny that the Iberian parafascists engaged in white supremacist violence. I am guessing that that is a product of the Portuguese education system rather than a conscious distortion, but still it really depresses me. It’s like nobody cares that the Iberian parafascists massacred Afrasians.