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I think maybe you get that in Bolivia or Peru. Venezuela is vastly different in the "metzo aborigin" stuff you are talking about, whatever that is. The vast maj
by aclsid 10y ago
I think maybe you get that in Bolivia or Peru. Venezuela is vastly different in the "metzo aborigin" stuff you are talking about, whatever that is. The vast majority of the population is mestizo, that is brown if you want a better description, and since college education here is free, you do not have those clear racial divides you see somewhere else. Here we always say we don't have racism but classism, which based on your social standing, things will go very different for you.
In fact, one of the major leaders of the opposition is a mestizo who graduated from Harvard. Totally agree the current govt is a bunch of assholes, in fact, make Chavez look like a terrific ruler, but as far as the race stuff, no, this is not Africa.
- edblarney 10y agoI know that it's different in every S. American state - but the fundamental divide is quite strong in most states. Whiter = more power/status. Maybe not so much in Venezuela as in other places, but a better comparison would be Brazil or possibly Mexico. Africa - it's black/white - not a lot of brown. Mexico I think is 40% aboriginal 40% mixed to varying degrees and 10% white, and that's how the money/power is divided.
- aclsid 10y agoAgreed. I heard there is a bunch of actual racism going on in Chile precisely for those reasons, but I guess it mostly happens at the upper echelons and with certain people with poor educational backgrounds.