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VAZQUEZ-PARRA, JOSÉ  e  CAMPOS-RIVAS, CARLOS. INDIGENOUS EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION: AN APPROACH FROM THE COLONIAL IMAGINARY AND THE ELSTERIAN THEORY. Saber [online]. 2016, vol.28, n.4, pp.828-837. ISSN 1315-0162.

Mexico is a multicultural country distinguished by the great ethnic richness that has been able to preserve over the last centuries. However, it seems that the reality experienced by indigenous peoples is very different from the context of other citizens at the moment of finding a job. The aim of this study was to establish the existence of indigenous employment discrimination in Mexico, due to the belief that they have less capacity to perform certain  types  of  labor  compared  to  other  ethnic  groups  inhabiting  the  country.  To  a  large  extent,  it  was determined  that  the  labor  discrimination  of  indigenous  people  is  not  reliable,  since  it  is  usually  supported  on beliefs  of  educational  inequality  associated  to  the  rural  communities,  in  spite  that  many  of  them  have  been educated  in  urban  institutions.  In  conclusion,  it  was  identified  that  the  argumentation  of  this  type  of discrimination  is  largely  irrational,  since  it    is  based  on  beliefs  that  are  inconsistent  with  reality,  as  well  as  it attempts against the dignity of this group of vulnerable people, underestimating historical factors of its culture.

Palavras-chave : Jobs; viceroyalty; México; beliefs.

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