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You should see advertising in Mexico. Thin, White, Tall people. Everyone in tv ads is a 6.5 ft Sweden blonde.

• exelius 12y ago
  Oh, I have. Mexico has a bit of an identity crisis because by and large, the people with money and power are of European descent and live in Mexico City - the economic and media center of Mexico. People in Mexico City are taller and lighter skinned (though maybe not blonde) as a result. But outside of the center of Mexico City, the country is filled with short brown people, half of whom live in poverty. But this portrayal in the media is an extension of the historical imbalance of power that favored the European aspects of Mexican heritage and looked down upon the Native American aspects. That attitude has been changing in recent years, but it still doesn't change the fact that the people who wrote the history of Mexico were nearly all of European descent.