Posted on 11/05/2021 9:12:20 PM PDT by blueplum
Majorities of Latinos say discrimination is worse and getting ahead is harder for Hispanics with darker skin, but about 80 percent see themselves as having lighter skin, a Pew Research Center poll found.
Latinos responding to the Pew survey released Thursday said skin color affects their lives, with 62 percent saying having darker skin hurts Hispanics’ ability to get ahead at least a little. Fifty-nine percent said getting ahead is easier for Latinos with lighter skin color.
The survey respondents tended to pick the lightest shades when they were asked to select one of 10 images of hands, shaded fair to dark, that most resembled their skin color.
One in 4 Latinos chose the four lightest, and the largest share, 28 percent, chose the second-lightest skin color....
...Colorism has a deep history in Latin America...
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Latinos were White until the ‘60’s when they chose to become a minority based on culture for protected status under discrimination laws. It’s a movement called Azatlan. Check it out for more info.
Who ever thought he was black??
:: I think people should be judged by their abilities but it is what it is..... ::
Yet now, we are also judged by our vaxx status.
Codified discrimmination.
“Who ever thought he was black??”
Seriously?
Mexicans are living proof Indians screw buffalo.
Yes. I’ve seen him a hundred times. Never once thought he might be black.
George Catlin, in 1832, on his trip to the Mandans said some were so light skinned he was sure they were descended from Prince Madoc, a legendary Prince in Wales who sailed to a far off place and set up a Kingdom. Brown, Hazel and BLUE eyes were common among the Mandans.
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