Historical and social context
The hate that people have created exist all around the world, but the hate that has been talked about the least is Colorism. Colorism is the prejudice or discrimination against individuals with dark skin tone, typically among people of the same ethnic or racial group. This mode of discrimination predominantly impacts people of color. “These forms of white domination, rewarded those who emulated whiteness culturally, ideologically, economically and even aesthetically”(Hunter 2005). The Cross-Cultural colorism between Latin America and the United States was all due to the high degree of racial segregation between the light-skinned and the dark-skinned people.
“Colorism for Latinos and African Americans has its roots in European colonialism and slavery in the Americas” (Hunter 2005). In the United States Colorism was rooted in Slavery. Slaves of light-skinned received privileges and resources that are not exactly attained to them but were given to them over their dark-skinned counterparts. White elites maintained white superiority and domination by giving …show more content…
It usually doesn't get better the darker you are. The start of colorism in Latin America, likely began when the Spanish and the European caste system was brought to the Americas. Particularly in “Mexico when they experienced a high degree of racial miscegenation, that's when the color-caste system was firmly in place”(Hunter 2005). In the 1700’s the Caste System was a created to pick classification for individuals; based on Gender, Race, Skin Color or place of birth. These hierarchies were set as the groundwork for associating whiteness with power and desirability. In today’s society; Lighter skin is almost seen as “better” in Latinx communities. The marks of history are still visible in today Mexico’s color-class
The hate that people have created exist all around the world, but the hate that has been talked about the least is Colorism. Colorism is the prejudice or discrimination against individuals with dark skin tone, typically among people of the same ethnic or racial group. This mode of discrimination predominantly impacts people of color. “These forms of white domination, rewarded those who emulated whiteness culturally, ideologically, economically and even aesthetically”(Hunter 2005). The Cross-Cultural colorism between Latin America and the United States was all due to the high degree of racial segregation between the light-skinned and the dark-skinned people.
“Colorism for Latinos and African Americans has its roots in European colonialism and slavery in the Americas” (Hunter 2005). In the United States Colorism was rooted in Slavery. Slaves of light-skinned received privileges and resources that are not exactly attained to them but were given to them over their dark-skinned counterparts. White elites maintained white superiority and domination by giving …show more content…
It usually doesn't get better the darker you are. The start of colorism in Latin America, likely began when the Spanish and the European caste system was brought to the Americas. Particularly in “Mexico when they experienced a high degree of racial miscegenation, that's when the color-caste system was firmly in place”(Hunter 2005). In the 1700’s the Caste System was a created to pick classification for individuals; based on Gender, Race, Skin Color or place of birth. These hierarchies were set as the groundwork for associating whiteness with power and desirability. In today’s society; Lighter skin is almost seen as “better” in Latinx communities. The marks of history are still visible in today Mexico’s color-class