Loteria Summary

An eraser of a groups significance in historical context allows for such group to be marginalized because it belittles their importance and make them appear inferior. Veracruz, Mexico is a center in which slave trade occurred on a daily basis at the height of the slave trade in Mexico. Due to the fact that many indigenous individuals passed away due to diseases brought over to the Americas by Europeans. This made the demand for slaves go up in order to replace the workforce lost due to death by disease of indigenous groups. Gates touches on this as he travels Mexico with Cruz-Carretero. Gates tells a story of he and Cruz-Carretero looking at some family photos. They notice that there appear to be a lot of indigenous features but they also notices …show more content…
The game of Loteria offers one another example of how mestizaje has left a influence of inferiority of black features. The game of Loteria is a Mexican variation of the popular game Bingo. However, the game of Loteria has pictures that represent different aspects of Mexican history and culture. Three cards that demonstarte very unique ideas of certain groups in Mexico are the cards of the Negrito, Catrin, and El Apache. El Catrin that is a term used to demonstrate a gentleman. Some unique features about this card are that the character is white and dressed as if to suggest someone of high class. The card of the Negrito mean the black man, and features a black man in a suit and hat with a cane behind his arms as if ready to entertain a crowd. The card of El Apache stand for the Indian, and the features of this card show a man who is barely dressed and who is armed as to suggest he is savage. What these cards all demonstrate are the lasting effects of marginalization left by mestizaje. The idea that is put forth through these cards is that white individuals are at the top, black individuals that do jobs meant to entertain, and that indigenous individuals are savage as to suggests their lack of