Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 17 hours agoHow come in most school in the USA (at least mine) they teach Spain Spanish instead of Mexico Spanish? Would not Mexico Spanish be an obvious choice to teach?message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1111
arrow-up1111message-squareHow come in most school in the USA (at least mine) they teach Spain Spanish instead of Mexico Spanish? Would not Mexico Spanish be an obvious choice to teach?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 17 hours agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squareaminolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-214 hours agothe short answer is colonization. the US school system admires the Castilian language more because they have a shared history with the Spanish empire of using European languages to commit cultural genocide against the indigenous peoples of America
minus-squareNoel_Skum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoYou may want to reread the question as your answer makes zero sense.
minus-squaredaniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoIt makes zero sense. The indigenous people didn’t talk in Mexican Spanish.
the short answer is colonization. the US school system admires the Castilian language more because they have a shared history with the Spanish empire of using European languages to commit cultural genocide against the indigenous peoples of America
You may want to reread the question as your answer makes zero sense.
It makes zero sense.
The indigenous people didn’t talk in Mexican Spanish.