I am less interested in whether peoples immigrated to the “American” continents and more interested in why theories like the Solutrean hypothesis exist. Discussions on the Bering Strait theory and the Solutrean hypothesis typically lead to or is used to justify the genocide of indigenous peoples, and that European settlers had/have a right to these lands because they may have been some of the first to immigrate. I do not believe in the Solutrean hypothesis or the Bering Strait Theory. I believe these theories are used to justify racism and genocide.