Daniel Zizumbo-Colunga

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  • Assistant Professor at CIDE (Center for Research and Teaching in Economics) and Research Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
Only 5 percent of agricultural workers in Mexico are white, while almost 30 percent of white-collar workers are. That’s just one stat confirming that, yes, racism exists in Mexico, too. Carlos Jasso/Reuters

Study reveals racial inequality in Mexico, disproving its ‘race‑blind’ rhetoric

Daniel Zizumbo-Colunga, Vanderbilt University and Iván Flores Martínez, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas

Mexico may celebrate its mixed-race heritage, but a new study shows that racism is powerful there. Darker-skinned Mexicans earn less and finish fewer years of schooling than white citizens.

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