I think people interested in left wing politics are at least vaguely aware that structural racism is a huge problem in latam politics. As far as I know politics in Bolivia and Venezuela are hugely racialized. At least the way the pink tide was sold to me was as a sort of indigenous reaction to a politics dominated by mostly white colonizers, maybe I misunderstood or was misinformed though.
It really is. There's a common saying that older generations use about "improving the race" by marrying white and having children with them. That's why I'm always a little surprised to see US latinos really playing up their indigenous ancestry. That would get you beat up in parts of Central America.
I think people interested in left wing politics are at least vaguely aware that structural racism is a huge problem in latam politics. As far as I know politics in Bolivia and Venezuela are hugely racialized. At least the way the pink tide was sold to me was as a sort of indigenous reaction to a politics dominated by mostly white colonizers, maybe I misunderstood or was misinformed though.
It really is. There's a common saying that older generations use about "improving the race" by marrying white and having children with them. That's why I'm always a little surprised to see US latinos really playing up their indigenous ancestry. That would get you beat up in parts of Central America.