Listen to "Prietologías": a podcast to reflect on and expose racism in Mexico

According to the Royal Spanish Academy, the word *prieto* or *prieta* refers to something “miserable, scarce, greedy,” although it is also, and specifically in Mexico, used to describe a “dark-skinned person.” It can also refer to a color: “dark-skinned.” But not just any color, rather one that is “very dark and almost indistinguishable from black.” Usually…