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La Leyenda Negra (The Black Legend)
A leyenda, a legend, is an oral narrative different from a folktale in that it is narrated as if the event described occurred in the recent past and the story is believed by the narrator to be true.
The term Leyenda Negra was assigned to this belief by Julian Juderias, a Spanish intellectual, in 1914.
La Leyenda Negra is the term used for a myth that describes a very negative attitude many believe pervades the historical perspective regarding Hispanics and Mexicans.
He stated that anti-Spanish propaganda and misconceptions had continued to develop since the sixteenth century, and historical distortions in both Europe and America constituted a Leyenda Negra.