prewriting 4.0

Racism within Latin American Countries
especially within people who we as americans group together.

This is a very widely ignored topic, because we think people from a country, such as Colombia are all Colombians. But that cant be farther from the truth. Because of the nature of the formation of these countries there are people who are purely indigenous who are dark skinned; people of direct african descent on the coast, who are darker than anyone else in the country; people who are mostly spanish and are lighter skinned; and people who are a mix of the two, and are generally in the middle. Because of the white european hegemonic system there is an affinity for light-skinned people.
Even though people ave very proud of their heritage and countries, mothers can be frequently heard saying "oo you look so good, your all light, and not tan"(in spanish of course). All of the people with different shades of skin actively classify themselves as being in one group or another, generally the rule is the lighter skin you have, the better group you can be in.