[fidelis]

"...[Mestizos] are dark-skinned, usually of low intelligence - typically having an I.Q. of 80 (70 is considered borderline retardation) - of relative short stature compared to those of a purely Spanish ancestry, and most often account for the criminal element in Mexican society."

Oh really? I happen to be an American of Mestizo heritage and my IQ and that of most of my family is quite high, never been in jail, and served in our nations military. What is your evidence for this?

[edh]

I think the IQ comment was more by nurture vs. nature. I always hate seeing IQ used that way. There are so many factors to intelligence.

I do know that these governments, by and large, are all but telling their indigenous people to move north. They’re all but purging people from Guatemala (while anecdotal evidence is garbage, I met a guy from Guatemala that all but told me that once ... he had no reason to lie about it either ... that was also the first time I heard Q’ueqchi spoken by a native :-) (I think that’s what it’s called ... just neat hearing some kind of derivative of Mayan)).

I’ve always suspected that some of these countries are starting to realize they have some potentially good real estate and don’t want what they perceive as low class people benefiting from it.