Friday, October 12, 2007

Diversity Is Strength!...But Not For Mexican Beauty Queens By Allan Wall

Americans are racist xenophobes while Mexicans are a mixed-race people who are therefore non-racist and tolerant, right?

We’ve all heard it.

But contrary to the self-congratulatory rhetoric, the plain fact is that Mexican society is highly stratified by race. It’s just that many Mexicans don’t want to admit it.

According to the CIA World Factbook, 60% of Mexico’s population is mestizo (European/Indigenous), 30% is indigenous, and 9% is white.

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