Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: December 26, 2023, 06:53:29 pm »Paraguay at least tried:
https://theconversation.com/from-paraguay-a-history-lesson-on-racial-equality-68655
But of course this did not work out, because while the conquistador bloodlines were not allowed to remain "white", they were allowed to perpetuate. Thus so did their attitude of "white" supremacy:
Woke comment:
What Francia should have done was prohibit the conquistadors from reproducing with anyone at all, thus eliminating their bloodlines.
https://theconversation.com/from-paraguay-a-history-lesson-on-racial-equality-68655
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There’s one unusual and controversial moment that, I hope, may prove enlightening: the time Paraguay made it illegal for some people to marry within their race.
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In 1814, Francia issued a decree forbidding marriages between “European men” (namely, Spaniards) and women “known as Spanish” (born in Spain or of Spanish descent). European men would only be allowed to marry indigenous, mixed-race or black Paraguayan women.
By preventing the white elite from reproducing, Francia’s decree had the undeniable potential to allow the newly independent Paraguay to rise as a mixed-race nation.
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Intent aside, the 1814 decree did cause the extinction of Spanish Europeans as an ethnic group in Paraguay.
In that effort, Francia was building on Paraguayan initiatives to eliminate racial difference that already dated back to colonial times. Because virtually no European women accompanied the Spanish conquistadors and settlers who arrived in Paraguay from 1540 to 1550, all took native Guaraní women as wives.
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Thus in Paraguay’s early period, there had long been a considerable degree of racial equality, especially compared to neighbours such as Brazil or the then-United Provinces (Argentina).
But of course this did not work out, because while the conquistador bloodlines were not allowed to remain "white", they were allowed to perpetuate. Thus so did their attitude of "white" supremacy:
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Mestizo but not post-racial
But equality only held for the mestizo ruling classes. Spanish law never allowed members of the mestizo majority to marry minority black or mixed-race Afrodescendant people, though they could occasionally wed indigenous people.
As a result, a significant divide was maintained between the ruling mestizo elite and minority populations of black, mixed-race Afrodescendant and some nomadic or un-assimilated indigenous tribes.
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after Francia’s reign, oligarchic governments and military dictatorships introduced new forms of racism and intolerance to Paraguay. Today, indigenous peoples still suffer discrimination.
Woke comment:
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the decree very cleverly seeks to enshrine the rule of the “whitest” part of the population that was not entirely “white” while excluding those even “whiter”.
What Francia should have done was prohibit the conquistadors from reproducing with anyone at all, thus eliminating their bloodlines.