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  Is Mexico part of North America or Central America? (search mode)
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Red Velvet
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« on: May 08, 2021, 10:35:04 PM »

Central America is a subdivision of North America. Mexico isn’t part of that though, so it’s only North America.

But places like Guatemala, Nicaragua are Central America and therefore, North American as well.

North America: Everything from Panama to Canada

Central America: Everything Between Panama and Guatemala

South America: Everything from Colombia to the Botttom of Chile/Argentina
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Red Velvet
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« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2021, 01:54:30 AM »

It is disgusting to claim that Asia and Europe are separate continents while claiming the Americas are one, to invalidate the lands and seas themselves in favor of this particular course of human history that created this one particular timeline. Some Latin Americans will claim that USAmericans invented the concept of separate American continents because something something anglo supremacy, meanwhile modern engineers armed with incredible technology are rebuffed by the Darien gap with separates our two continents.

I think that happens more because of the name more than geographical technicalities. Europe and Asia don’t have to fight over a shared name.

Meanwhile in the Americas there are tons of different Americas claiming the name. Everyone is America but there is no consensus to what America by itself means. There’s North America, South America, Latin America, North+South America, America the country (USA), etc.

What triggers Latin Americans is less the continental divisions and more US claiming themselves to be America as if they were the capital of the two continents.

Honestly, I think it’s dumb conflict especially because the name America has nothing special and is rooted on European imperialism and white supremacy, as the name comes from a colonizer. I don’t really like it tbh, so I lack energy to claim it like fellow compatriots even if I’m also uncomfortable by US acting like they’re the capital of both continents or something.

That would be easily solved if the term America was abolished. Or just let US have it for themselves if they really want it and change the name of the two continents instead to two different independent terms.  People can come up with something respectful to the Indigenous tribes who are the true owners of this land while also ending any link between North America and South America as if they were subdivisions of one continent.

I think this renaming of the continents is more interesting to pursue than fighting with people inside the US to stop referring to themselves as Americans. If I liked the term and strongly identified as an “American”, I would be more energized to pursue that fight but it doesn’t really sound useful to me. Letting a coalition of Indigenous groups rename the South American continent if they want to is far better if the goal is to reclaim some sort of identity free of imperialism.
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