I’ve noticed the men and women appearing on Mexican TV are uniformly light skinned, European...
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There is a reason for this.
Ethnicity and racism are issues in Mexico.
Yes, it’s true that quite a lot of the population around Mexico city, and southern Mexican cities, is descended from European ancestors. Went back and forth in early 90’s to Villahermosa, with layover in Mexico City. Blue-eyed (Swedish appearance) blonde Mexicans speaking Spanish was an interesting twist.
“indios”: Indigenous peoples of Mexico (Spanish: pueblos indígenas de México), or Mexican Indians (Spanish: indios mexicanos) are those who are part of communities that trace their roots back to populations and communities that existed in what is now Mexico prior to the arrival of Europeans.
Lisping `Castilian’ Mexicans (it’s not racist, it’s their nationality) think of indios about the same way Vietnamese look down their noses at Montagnards: loin-cloth wearing, crossbow wielding, hill-dwelling people of the central highlands ... with contempt.
The Mexican government printed cartoon pamphlets showing indios how to jump our border, what to do once they got here—how to file for social services/complain to their consulate, etc.
And indios send money (`remittances’) home: Mexico’s largest source of income—more than Pemex oil or tourism. Or income from American industry that moved south.
So pre-Trump it’s been win/win for Mexico, while America has had to support them.
American workers, like roofers and concrete finishers, etc., have watched while Mexicans (it’s not racist, that’s their nationality) take their jobs because they can work for far less than the living wage Americans require. And the indios are happy to get it. The border has been so porous, many work part-year then return home to live off their earnings then return like the swallows to Capistrano.
Once Trump gets deportations of `garden variety’ border jumpers started—felons have priority—and we have real border security (not Mattel e-security: “See here? Secure! Now give us amnesty.”) we can start allowing guest workers into the country for things like meatpacking, harvests and so forth.
American Castilians can either mow their own lawns and make their own beds, without subsidies from the rest of us, or they can pay indio guest workers—or here’s a novel thought: American workers.