The Social Construction of Race in Peru: mayo 2022

How racism began in our country and the ideas and stereotypes surrounding it.

Kogan, L (2014) Altos, lindos y blancos, BID

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The following blog aims to: explain, show and identify the social construction of race that has existed in Peru over the time. We will go from the colonial era to the 21st century to explain how Peruvians currently see the word “race” and the internalized racism that exists in it. Simultaneously, we will explain the social consequences that colonialism had in Peru and how we live with them day to day. We will also see how the 2017 census, in which they asked how we ethnically self-identified, became a topic of debate and why many of us did not know how to answer it and how that behavior influenced the use of the term "ethnic group" as an euphemism for "race", even though there are certain differences between the two terms "Race" and "ethnicity" are complex terms and are often used interchangeably. These terms were initially separated to designate "race" as a biological quality and "ethnicity" as a cultural phenomenon. Our posts main feature will be the confrontation of these topic and will try to explain why it's wrong to discriminate and socially exclude people using race as a weapon. We will also be talking about social media and how the new generations are growing with the “influence” of characters online and their life’s from the perspective that certain looks, body shapes and skin color are the way to gain fame and social media popularity. We have noticed how many Peruvians deny discrimination with the typical phrase "We are all Peruvian" or “We are all Cholos”, in the blog we will also explain how that nationalistic phrase really affects and disguises discrimination. Peru is organized in such a way that people are educated in discrimination. It's something you learn at school, in families. It is something "normal" and happens everywhere, including the provinces. Another point that is of vital importance for there to be racism in Peru in the XXI century, is due to the influence that parents have on their children, this is because if the children grow up in an environment where the father has racist prejudices, whether because of skin color, physical features or some taboo they may have, children can have the same prejudices (approximately more than 60% of children with racist parents end up being their children the same as them). This coming to cause ridicule and aggression to other children, for the simple fact of being different (bullying) In this blog we will know in depth the diversity of our culture, we will learn to appreciate it and we will seek to make the population reflect on some of our attitudes and behaviors that could be considered "racist" and that have been maintained over time.With this blog we will try to build a reader's point of view on this important issue for our society. Our point is to be able to bring the subject to more people and create a small debate among us, each of the members will tell how we define our own definition of Peruvian race and identity

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viernes, 27 de mayo de 2022

The 2017 census in Peru integrated for the first time the question of ethnic self-identification.

jueves, 26 de mayo de 2022

Ideas and stereotypes surrounding the Racism.