The social history of
Native Latin America

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Proverbs and prejudice: El Indio in Hispanic proverbial speech
By Shirley L. Arora, De Proverbio, 1995. Proverbial sayings and other kinds of folk stereotypes are not merely a passive reflection of attitudes toward ethnic or national groups; they play an active role in the creation or propagation of those attitudes.