1.3 These kinds of realities were and are too often forgotten by many Latin-Americans in a push to be as white as possible. As late as 1952, Chile was reporting that it was perfecting its biological stock by importing whites from Europe. All that is done in favor of the inferior races is anti-scientific. At most, one might protect them so that they die out agreeably. They are not in the Organization of American States, for sure, nor are they employed at the IDB, the World Bank or the entire policy sector where Latin-American countries enjoy a very strong presence and influence.
Blacks are absent from corporate board rooms, and the upper ranks of the clergy and military.
They are very rarely ministers of government. They are virtually absent from the diplomatic corps, and they are grossly under-represented in politics. In the end, however, we are left with the naked truth, about who we are as a people. And that truth should be celebrated, not berated. This simple statement has profound implications on development for those who choose to see it.