Real old heads remember MSNBC used to have Pat Buchanan on to talk about the Jews and say the Mexicans were going to 'Reconquista' the Southwest.

Where did he get this from? Apparently, there was a "radical" student movement in the 60s/70s based on the idea that the Mexicans would re-conquer the Southwest the same way the Spainards took Iberia back from the Muslims. It can't have been that extreme, because California Lt. Gov Bustamante was a member. But does this make any sense? A bunch of Mexican American radicals in the 60s/70s were running around cosplaying the genocide of Muslims (by then Palestine was a thing) and pretending they are Europeans? 100% an OP.

I'd love to hear some leftist podcasts critiquing this BS - and the way it materially impacted and hurt ethnic movements in the civil rights era. Was it a precusor to "identity politics"? Obviously our Chapos don't want to be prolematic dude bros, but something other than "Nation of Islam seems really funny, hehe" would be interesting.