Suchergebnisse

For a long time it has been said that 'In Latin America (LA), there is not & never has been any racial prejudice or discrimination.' It must be remembered that in most LA countries a good deal of everyday life is interracial in character; there are few studies concerned specifically with 'race relations.' The ample documentation collected & presented by the author as part of a UNESCO study, as well as the critical analysis, shows that racial prejudices & racial discrimination in the various regions of LA are not only diverse but also, & above all, inconsistent. Even in the clearest cases, it remains to determine in what % discrimination is due to the fact that the colored groups (Indians, Negro, & Mestizo) present physical diff's or to the fact that they have diff. cultures. It is concluded that: (1) The non-white people of LA, dominated by the 'whites,' were from the earliest days subjected to a certain kind of 'racial discrimination.' This gave rise to 'econ discrimination,' as a result of which the groups in question were, & still are, relegated to a peculiar level of dependence & exploitation, which is shown not only in lower salary rates than those paid to 'white' workers & absence of the soc security privileges enjoyed by the latter but also in overt resistance to the advance of the non-white groups in the soc scale. (2) This situation - obtaining in practice if not in law - explains why large sectors of the pop have not become integrated in their respective countries. (3) The problem has been specifically recognized by a number of internat'l technical bodies, not merely an econ matter but one whose solution is closely bound up with cultural characteristics & with prejudice against the physical characteristics of the non-white groups. (4) It is a matter or urgent necessity to put into effect a program suited to the special conditions & circumstances of each country for the investigation & determination of the best means of uprooting & abolishing false judgments still subsisting re `race,' `racial diff's,' etc. Modified AA.