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@Pichicateru Self-identification is both complex and shifting in Bolivia. When confronted with a series of racial categories (white, mestizo, black, indigenous, and other), “mestizo” was the preferred choice of three out of four Bolivians (76%) in 2012.Permalink On twitter.com
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@Pichicateru The mixed category has grown at the expense of “white” and (to a lesser extent) “indigenous” self-identification. At the same time, 72% declared they belong to a specific indigenous people, including two-thirds of the mestizos.Permalink On twitter.com
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@Pichicateru All of the above from LAPOP's biannual surveys. The 2012 Census found 41% identified as belonging to an indigenous people. Hence my range in the original tweet.On twitter.com
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@Pichicateru The 2012 census, famously, didn't ask about "mestizo" identification.Permalink On twitter.com