I'm Mexican American but from what I've seen Mexicans don't realize associate themselves with modern day tribes but they're really proud of the Aztec blood (e.g. so many to them have an Aztec picture in their homes). They don't really like the Spanish but sell want to be considered white though.
I'm Mexican American but from what I've seen Mexicans don't realize associate themselves with modern day tribes but they're really proud of the Aztec blood (e.g. so many to them have an Aztec picture in their homes). They don't really like the Spanish but sell want to be considered white though.
I'm not Mexican, but nearly all of my friends are (or Mex-American).
I would say that while most Mexicans appreciate the Aztec culture, it's not the same thing as identifying with the indigenous race. Most of my friends are white(er), and they heavily identify with the Spanish.
But it's mostly a moot point, because they identify with being Mexican or Mexican American above either.
I'm Mexican, whatever mixture that entails. The country has a fascination with being white. My family is from the northern portion of the country. My grandfather was always proud to tell people that his grandfather was born in Germany.
Very few countries, like Peru and Bolivia, have large populations of pure indigenous people. They've either been intermixed with the white conquistadors that settled there or have been killed off like in America. The former is what happened in Mexico.
Mexico has one of the largest indigenous populations in the Americas in absolute numbers, if not the largest.
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The National Institute for Statistics and Geography (INEGI), the National Population Council (CONAPO) and the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) record a total of 16,933,283 indigenous people in Mexico, representing 15.1% of the total population (112,236,538). This population size makes Mexico the country with the largest indigenous population on the American continent, and the greatest number of native languages spoken within its borders, with 68 languages and 364 different dialects recorded.
According to the National Commission for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples (CDI), there were 25,694,928 indigenous people reported in Mexico in 2015, which constitutes 21.5% of the population of Mexico. This is a significant increase from the 2010 census, in which indigenous Mexicans accounted for 14.9% of the population, and numbered 15,700,000
Mexico - 25,694,928
Peru - 13.8 million
Bolivia - 6.0 million
Guatemala - 5.8 million
Ecuador - 3.4 million
United States - 2.9–5 million
Chile - 1.8 million
Canada - 1.4 million
Colombia - 1.4 million
Argentina - 955,032
I would never identify as Aztec But neither as Spaniard though I guess a large part of my ancestors came from Spain to Mexico sometime. I don't know a lot about my ancestors but I am fair skinned and hairy.
But neither as Spaniard though I guess a large part of my ancestors came from Spain to Mexico sometime. I don't know a lot about my ancestors but I am fair skinned and hairy.