Mestizaje Ideology as Color-Blind Racism: Students' Discourses of Colorism and Racism in Mexico.

摘要

This study will open the discourse on inequity and its maintenance through colorism in Mexico. The largest percent of the population is a mixture of indigenous and Spanish descent. This is where racism via colorism occurs. Considered only as one group, mestizos of a lighter skin color have more resemblance to being of white Spanish descent and therefore are accepted over mestizos of darker skin color, who have a resemblance to indigenous people. Racism is scarcely documented in Mexico. It is systematically embedded in political, cultural and economic practices; and therefore limits democratic and inclusive practices for all. Working with high school and college students, this study will uncover students' experiences with colorism and racism by focusing on the ways in which everyday practices maintain a system of inequality.