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- Throughout Latin America, race and ethnicity continue to be among the most important determinants of access to opportunity and economic advancement. Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples in Latin America represent 40 percent of the total population—a sizeable share—yet they remain a disproportionate segment of the poorest of the poor.
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Aug 5, 2015 · Throughout Latin America, race and ethnicity continue to be among the most important determinants of access to opportunity and economic advancement. Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples in Latin America represent 40 percent of the total population—a sizeable share—yet they remain a disproportionate segment of the poorest of the poor.
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Racial and ethnic discrimination is common in Latin America where socio-economic status generally correlates with perceived whiteness, while indigenous status and perceived African ancestry is generally correlated with poverty, and lack of opportunity and social status.
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Race is a highly variable construct in Latin America, where racial ideas typically refer to “Blacks” (Africans brought to the region as slaves and their descendants), “whites” (European colonists who conquered and settled the region and their descendants), and “Indians” (the indigenous population that inhabited the region before European conquest)....
Race is a highly variable construct in Latin America, where racial ideas typically refer to “Blacks” (Africans brought to the region as slaves and their descendants), “whites” (European colonists who conquered and settled the region and their descendants), and “Indians” (the indigenous population that inhabited the region before European conquest)....
Feb 16, 2015 · Racial and ethnic communities in Latin America remain the most disadvantaged in a region that ranks among the most unequal in the world. Redressing such inequality will have to be a long-term political project—and, thanks to recent reforms, the relevant political infrastructure is already in place.
- Deborah J. Yashar
- 2015
For ethnicity, we use self-reported ethnicity (categorial measure) including the following categories: “White,” “Mestizo,” “Indigenous,” “Afro-descendant” (grouping “Black” and “Mulatto”) and “Other race” (grouping “Asian” and “Other races”).
All over Latin America, and indeed the world, racial and ethnic identities are becoming increasingly significant for minorities and majorities, governments and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
The study of race and racism in Latin America has been active for several decades. It has reached what some have called a “post-revisionist” stage, in which research has documented “the interaction of state entities, social movements, and intellectuals in the production of both esoteric and common-sense racial knowledge.”
