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  • Spain Forced To Face Past 'Evil' Of Expelling Moors

    11/14/2003 4:53:34 PM PST · by blam · 35 replies · 1,709+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 11-15-2003 | Isambard Wilkinson
    Spain forced to face past 'evil' of expelling Moors (Filed: 15/11/2003) Very little has changed in Spanish attitudes towards the non-Christian, non-European aspects of its heritage, writes Isambard Wilkinson Leaning against a farm outbuilding with his large, swarthy hands jammed into the tops of his trouser pockets, Jose Antonio Lopez was disgusted. "No! For God's sake!" he exploded at the suggestion that he could be descended from North African Moors, despite his dark olive complexion. "We did not have any moro in the family. We drove them all out centuries ago." The farmer's outright denial of a mixed or mestizaje...