Effects on Latina
Women
By: Maria I Santos
Bertolli
WHAT IS COLORISM?
Colorism is a prejudice or discrimination against
individuals with a dark skin tone typically among people
of the same ethnic or racial group.
HISTORY OF COLORISM:
CASTA: AS A HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM OF RACE CLASSIFICATION
CREATED BY SPANISH ELITES (ESPAOLES) IN HISPANIC AMERICA
DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Created by
Hispanic
Elites
Indigenous Women of Mexico, Central America and South
America