What do Latinos say about colorism, discrimination and racism?

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On November 4, the Pew Research Center presented the results of a national bilingual survey of 3,375 Latino adults in the United States on colorism, racial discrimination and racism.

Generally speaking, the survey revealed that the majority of Latinos, or 62 percent of those surveyed, said that skin color affected opportunities in the United States and to some extent conditioned daily life in the country.

In 2019, the Pew had also said that Latinos with darker skin are more likely to suffer discrimination than those with lighter skin, that is, to be racially discriminated against, so on this year’s slope, they wanted to dig deeper not only in the discrimination towards Latinos but also in the discussions that Latinos have about racism.

For example, conversations about racial discrimination and skin color occurred more frequently among Latinos with darker skin than among those with lighter skin, the report said. In addition, darker-skinned Latinos reported that they were treated unfairly by someone who was not Latino to a greater extent (42 percent), but without much difference (41 percent) the discrimination also came from a Latino.

According to Census data, Latinos identified to a lesser extent with the white race, going from 53 percent in 2010 to around 20 percent in 2020 and the number of those who identified with the option of “other race” increased, from 37 percent to 42 percent respectively.

To learn more about this report we invited Jens Manuel Krogstad, a writer and editor for the Pew Research Center who has written about Latino demographic trends.

Listen to our conversation below.