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Latin American Studies

SIT Graduate Institute/SIT Study Abroad

Capstone Collection

2015

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Why Is The Color Of One’S Skin So Significant In Southern Mexico?, Savalda Jacqueline Platt Apr 2015

Why Is The Color Of One’S Skin So Significant In Southern Mexico?, Savalda Jacqueline Platt

Capstone Collection

The following research examines and addresses an ideology about race and the color of skin. The goal is to bring forth knowledge about a Mexican community that experiences discrimination and racism due to their skin color. It will view how and why skin color became a tool against a community that has existed in Mexico for centuries. The villages reside off the coastal areas of Mexico evolved from the ramifications of slave trading and owning. Mixed marriages between villages altered the color fabric of Mexico’s society in many ways; fair skin was not the dominant player any longer. This began …