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The council makes the supposition that the high difference reported between males and females is due to the "frequently racist publicity in media and due to racial prejudices in Mexico's society which shuns dark skin in favor of light skin, thus making women think that white is beautiful," stating that men are more likely to recognize their ...
According to the Pew Research Center, 62% of US Latinos say that having a darker skin color affects their ability to get ahead. [93] This study also showed that 59% of Latinos say that having a lighter skin color helps Hispanic people get ahead. [93] 57% say that discrimination based on skin color towards Latinos is a "very big problem" in the ...
Racism in Mexico (Spanish: Racismo en México) refers to the social phenomenon in which behaviors of discrimination, prejudice, and any form of antagonism are directed against people in that country due to their race, ethnicity, skin color, language, or physical complexion. It may also refer to the treatment and sense of superiority of one race ...
In the sales of casta slaves in 17th-century Mexico City, official notaries recorded gradations of skin color in the transactions. These included mulato blanco or mulata blanca ('white mulatto'), for light-skinned slave. These were usually American-born slaves.
Another study made by the University College London in collaboration with Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History found that the frequencies of blond hair and light eyes in Mexicans are of 18% and 28% respectively, [97] with surveys that use as reference skin color such as those made by Mexico's National Council to Prevent ...
Surveys that use as reference skin color such as those made by Mexico's National Council to Prevent Discrimination, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography and contemporary sources such as Encyclopædia Britannica reporting results that estimate them at about one-third of the country's population.
The differences in racial perceptions that exist in both countries are considered: the concept of race in Mexico is subtle not only including physical clues such as skin color but also cultural dispositions, morality, economic, and intellectual status. It is not static or well defined but rather is defined and redefined by the situation.
In Latin America, human skin color and ancestry are often conflated, with lighter skin commonly assumed as indicative of higher levels of European ancestry. [115] A 20th century study on Mexican Americans used skin reflectance data (a method of measuring the lightness or darkness of skin) as an estimation of European ancestry. [116]