Meaning of blanqueamiento | Babel Free
Definitions
The process of becoming or making (racially) white, such as increasing the white population of a region, encouraging interracial marriage with white people, or enforcing white cultural norms on a population.
Examples
“Indigenous cultural differences were erased within a Mexican identity defined by the mixed bloodline of Spanish and Indian mestizaje that praised the eventual blanqueamiento of the mestize race⟳.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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