The only time “Go back to where you came from” might have been appropriate would have been when the original inhabitants of the American continents encountered European invaders (they were invaders, NOT REFUGEES).
Instead, their first encounters were to greet them kindly, welcome them and, in the North Atlantic, help them survive through their first harsh winters.
Their kindnesses were repaid with conquest, enslavement and genocide.
The only time “Go back to where you came from” might have been appropriate would have been when the original inhabitants of the American continents encountered European invaders (they were invaders, NOT REFUGEES).
Instead, their first encounters were to greet them kindly, welcome them and, in the North Atlantic, help them survive through their first harsh winters.
Their kindnesses were repaid with conquest, enslavement and genocide.