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ELI5: The French colonized Canada, the English colonized USA, and Spain colonized Mexico. Why is Mexico the only country whose population is not predominantly Caucasian?
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The Spanish took a more "integrate as opposed to eradicate" approach toward the natives in Mexico than the French and English did toward those in North America. That's not to suggest natives in Mexico weren't brutalized and subjugated (Aztecs say hello), but intermarrying and exchanging culture was seen as acceptable and sometimes even encouraged, while the same thing was much more of a taboo among the French and English in North America. Mexican culture is essentially the melding of Spanish and Native Central American heritage. To this day there are stereotypes in Mexico around the upper class and government being descended from the Spanish and whiter, and the lower class having more native heritage and darker skin.