The Spaniards separated themselves into two major classes the Criollos and Peninsulares. The Criollos were those who were the Spaniards who were born in Mexico and the Peninsulares the Spaniards who were born in their mother land of Spain this is explained easily in The Spaniards (United States. National Park Service. (2016)). The Peninsulares thought of themselves as more superior to the Criollos. Even though I have been away from my own country for many years, it is a mentality I continue to have and strive to move away from. The country is not only holding back the people, but also itself. There are questions that we can ask ourselves: How different were the social classes between the Aztecs and the Spaniards? How does the Spaniard class system affect Mexico today? What is the correlation between classism and racism? How is this classism affecting the lives of indigenous people? The colonization of Mexico by the Spaniards restructured the class system already in place, giving rise to institutionalized classism and racism. Both remain today major obstacles to the advancement of all Mexicans. There has been little progress in changing the mentality of the public toward class and race inequality. Having emigrated from Mexico to escape this system of inequality. I can understand at a personal level the struggle of the Mexican
The Spaniards separated themselves into two major classes the Criollos and Peninsulares. The Criollos were those who were the Spaniards who were born in Mexico and the Peninsulares the Spaniards who were born in their mother land of Spain this is explained easily in The Spaniards (United States. National Park Service. (2016)). The Peninsulares thought of themselves as more superior to the Criollos. Even though I have been away from my own country for many years, it is a mentality I continue to have and strive to move away from. The country is not only holding back the people, but also itself. There are questions that we can ask ourselves: How different were the social classes between the Aztecs and the Spaniards? How does the Spaniard class system affect Mexico today? What is the correlation between classism and racism? How is this classism affecting the lives of indigenous people? The colonization of Mexico by the Spaniards restructured the class system already in place, giving rise to institutionalized classism and racism. Both remain today major obstacles to the advancement of all Mexicans. There has been little progress in changing the mentality of the public toward class and race inequality. Having emigrated from Mexico to escape this system of inequality. I can understand at a personal level the struggle of the Mexican