How come Mexicans don't like Native Americans?

Mexicans (both those of European phenotypes as well as mestizos) have a contentious relationship and a tumultuous history with the native populations in their country. read more

Many Mexicans (mostly those from rural areas as urban Mexicans don't interact with the country's native population as much) see the native peoples as being their intellectual and social inferiors. The native live in isolated areas, they are often very poor and they hold onto traditions which other groups in Mexico either see as being superstitious or backwards. read more

Same reason as in Mexico. The Spanish did away with the natives in Mexico and the Anglos with the natives in North America. PS. Those who survived were not numerous enough to influence the general genetic heritage to a considerable extent. read more

1) Like the elders in my story – we are all the same people, or 2) by government classification which we are responsible to answer to. The government sees these groups as two distinct people. They gather this information through demographic and census surveys in which people are asked to identify themselves by race; in this case either ‘American Indian/Alaska Native (non-Hispanic)’, or ‘Hispanic’. read more