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Meaning of blanqueamiento | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

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.

uncountable

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.

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