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**himecthekWiff** · 02-12-2012, 11:15 AM

Then again, what % of the population is blonde? How often do you see indo-mestizo or indigenous models or actors relative to the percentage of the population they make up? One would think Mexicans look like Alteños on average going solely by telenovelas. Pred. European people, dark or not, are overrepresented in the media.

However, that's not to say there's no discrimination against güeros. Thoughlight eyes, light hair, and pred. European features might be idealized to a certain extent, "güeros" are often not considered as "true" Mexicans by our own compatriots. It's not a phenomenon restricted to Chicano prison gang films.

I've heard people consider only the Amerindians as "true" Mexicans. Ironically perhaps, many Amerindians don't care about or identify with the Mexican state, preferring to stick to their own nations, which have existed for far longer than 'Mexico' in many cases. If anything, independent Mexico is largely a creation of the criollo elite of the 19th century who sought to overthrow the peninsulares and install themselves as rulers. Perhaps even more importantly, criollos didn't want the Cadiz Constitution to be implemented in New Spain as it would have weakened their position and empowered the non-whites.

On a similar note, I was looking through pictures of people in Los Altos and I was expecting something completely different. I was expecting novela people on average. Idk, people on the forums make them seem something extra out of the ordinary. Maybe the pictures fooled me, but I just didn't see it.

But yeah, maybe in novelas white Mexicans are favored, but in local regional programming, they are not. Local shows show typical mestizas more often than not. They show women like these:

The whiter typical ones are like these

Nothing out of the ordinary

And Mexicans don't seem bothered when dark Euro types represent them, only lighter ones. I bet most would be more bothered by a blonde model with native features and blue eyes than a dark one with Euro features.

02-12-2012, 11:15 AM	#18
himecthekWiff Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 374 Senior Member	Then again, what % of the population is blonde? How often do you see indo-mestizo or indigenous models or actors relative to the percentage of the population they make up? One would think Mexicans look like Alteños on average going solely by telenovelas. Pred. European people, dark or not, are overrepresented in the media. However, that's not to say there's no discrimination against güeros. Thoughlight eyes, light hair, and pred. European features might be idealized to a certain extent, "güeros" are often not considered as "true" Mexicans by our own compatriots. It's not a phenomenon restricted to Chicano prison gang films. I've heard people consider only the Amerindians as "true" Mexicans. Ironically perhaps, many Amerindians don't care about or identify with the Mexican state, preferring to stick to their own nations, which have existed for far longer than 'Mexico' in many cases. If anything, independent Mexico is largely a creation of the criollo elite of the 19th century who sought to overthrow the peninsulares and install themselves as rulers. Perhaps even more importantly, criollos didn't want the Cadiz Constitution to be implemented in New Spain as it would have weakened their position and empowered the non-whites. On a similar note, I was looking through pictures of people in Los Altos and I was expecting something completely different. I was expecting novela people on average. Idk, people on the forums make them seem something extra out of the ordinary. Maybe the pictures fooled me, but I just didn't see it. But yeah, maybe in novelas white Mexicans are favored, but in local regional programming, they are not. Local shows show typical mestizas more often than not. They show women like these: The whiter typical ones are like these Nothing out of the ordinary And Mexicans don't seem bothered when dark Euro types represent them, only lighter ones. I bet most would be more bothered by a blonde model with native features and blue eyes than a dark one with Euro features.
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