What is the Doctrine of Discovery and why should we care about it now.

In 1493, Pope Alexander VI issued an edict defining the Doctrine of Discovery. This Doctrine explicitly states that European Christians have the right to dominate and subdue any non-Christians and non-white peoples they “encounter” among other issues surrounding the conquest of the people of the Americas. The Doctrines declares that Christians, and only white (and …

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