M s que un indio: "More Than an Indian." Two decades ago, the phrase expressed a common-sense prescription for upward mobility in a racist society: to better themselves, Indians had to abandon their culture and identity.
They achieved a broad recognition of their cultural rights during the same t.
In the 1990s, Maya people organized in diverse ways to challenge racism and achieve basic rights.
Ironically, today it captures the predicament of ladinos, members of Guatemala\'s dominant culture.
M s que un indio: "More Than an Indian." Two decades ago, the phrase expressed a common-sense prescription for upward mobility in a racist society: to better themselves, Indians had to abandon their culture and identity