Point of fact:
Racism exists in every corner of the world, without exception. Period. It's a human behavioral trait even though we, as an "intelligent species" should know better.
Also point of fact:
"Hispanic" means a person of Latin American descent. Remember, the first people from Europe to the New World were those from Spain and Portugal..."Hispania", or the Iberian Peninsula. Hispanics of many flavors thus resemble many of the indigenous peoples of North, Central, and South America because they have a common genetic heritage due to the intermingling of these peoples.
Another fascinating point of fact:
Racism exists even within individual cultural circles of peoples. For example, people in the United States make a big deal about racism between Mexicans and white people. Well, the news flash for them is that there is racism prevalent in Mexico between dark skinned Mexicans and light skinned Mexicans. Yet, they're "Mexicans", by culture, nation, and shared genetic background.
Personally, it's my belief that a great many people would do well to actually spend some time traveling to other countries and seeing what life and people are really like elsewhere. It's a real eye opener.
And I don't mean to touristy places like London, Paris, and other popular travel destinations. I mean travel to some places in the Middle East, where they can get a good taste for what it means to be a woman or homosexual in some of those cultures. Places in China outside the obvious tourist destinations like Singapore or Beijing, where they can see what it's like to be non-Chinese in a country where human rights are still radically different than what they're used to. Places around several of the South American countries, where to be "homeless" means "homeless" in its truest sense...no government assistance whatsoever. Places in Africa, like Botswana which has some of the highest incidences of HIV/AIDS in the world, and see what its like for people to live in those circumstances.
People in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere really ought to come to grasp with these things and realize that in comparison, quibbling over "race differences" in our own countries is asnine.
"Race"...as if we're REALLY composed of different "races" in the first place. Get real, people...we're all the same race, just different colors and shapes. Get over yourselves.
My wife is from the Navajo reservation in Arizona. As far as she knew, she was 100% Navajo. For fun, she got a DNA test. Come to find out, she has DNA links to Central and South America as well as Inuit (Eskimo) and Yupik (Siberian native). However, I think this is very common among most Native Americans.
As to the prejudice, it is evident almost everywhere we go from Flagstaff, AZ to Rapid City, SD, to Spokane, WA.
Things are getting better, but very, very slowly.
Supreme Court rules Indigenous residential schools documents can be destroyed
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a federal government attempt to stop the destruction of records about how individual residential school survivors were treated and in many cases abused.
Also, we must keep in mind, the vast amount of human smuggling going on in reservations around the country. Young women and sometimes boys are grabbed up, taken to large cities, and forced into the sex trade. Much of this is drug related, as Meth is a widespread problem.
Bottom line; we do not treat our citizens of color in a proper manner.
Supreme Court rules Indigenous residential schools documents can be destroyed
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a federal government attempt to stop the destruction of records about how individual residential school survivors were treated and in many cases abused.
http://www.cbc.ca/1.4104967
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