Black and Native North America
With a hattip to digital_femme...
Mexican Comic Book Sold at Wal-Mart Called 'Racist' by Some
I have been thinking a bit about black vs. Native positionality in the US vs. Mexico, and I wanted to open the floor up to those who surely have more education on the subject. For all the implication that Mexicans are somehow "more racist" for the kinds of things displayed above*, I am wondering if a lot of the "difference" is attributable to the fact that to some extent black folk and Native folk occupy different/complementary positions in the society across the border. That is, due to history, political power and population size, among other things, it would seem that attitudes toward black folk in Mexico are roughly comparable (in some respects only, of course**) to those displayed toward Native folk in the US. And vice versa.
Does this hold any water in your opinion or experience? How so? Resources? Links? Ideas?
From those with whom I've discussed the subject, Native people in Mexico seem to occupy some of the same marginalized/criminalized space as black Americans, and black folk seen as more exotic or "expendable"/erasable, a tiny minority, etc. In the US, certainly racism acts somewhat differently WRT each group, with the origins based largely in whether is more beneficial for the group to be dead so you can take their land, or living so that you can exploit their labor. I'm wondering if any of this is at all analogous to the origins of racist attitudes in Mexico.
*More likely it is more attractive to pawn off "the worst racism" on perceived POC for reasons of... racism.
**Obviously Native folks are still the original occupants/owners of the land in any case.
Mexican Comic Book Sold at Wal-Mart Called 'Racist' by Some
I have been thinking a bit about black vs. Native positionality in the US vs. Mexico, and I wanted to open the floor up to those who surely have more education on the subject. For all the implication that Mexicans are somehow "more racist" for the kinds of things displayed above*, I am wondering if a lot of the "difference" is attributable to the fact that to some extent black folk and Native folk occupy different/complementary positions in the society across the border. That is, due to history, political power and population size, among other things, it would seem that attitudes toward black folk in Mexico are roughly comparable (in some respects only, of course**) to those displayed toward Native folk in the US. And vice versa.
Does this hold any water in your opinion or experience? How so? Resources? Links? Ideas?
From those with whom I've discussed the subject, Native people in Mexico seem to occupy some of the same marginalized/criminalized space as black Americans, and black folk seen as more exotic or "expendable"/erasable, a tiny minority, etc. In the US, certainly racism acts somewhat differently WRT each group, with the origins based largely in whether is more beneficial for the group to be dead so you can take their land, or living so that you can exploit their labor. I'm wondering if any of this is at all analogous to the origins of racist attitudes in Mexico.
*More likely it is more attractive to pawn off "the worst racism" on perceived POC for reasons of... racism.
**Obviously Native folks are still the original occupants/owners of the land in any case.