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PEREZ-CASTRO, Judith; SANTANA COLIN, Yasmani  y  DONNELLY, Michael. Old and new forms of discrimination against Indigenous students in mainstream universities. Perfiles educativos [online]. 2025, vol.47, e61777.  Epub 31-Mar-2026. ISSN 0185-2698.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iisue.24486167e.2025.47.61777.

In this paper we analyze the discrimination practices faced by a group of Indigenous students from two universities in Mexico City. The inquiry consisted of a collaborative ethnography, for which we conducted in-depth interviews with a selection of 16 students from different careers. We found that young people experience various forms of discrimina-tion, both institutional and cultural. The main triggers for pejorative treatment are place of origin, economic status, clothing, and language. We concluded that these forms of discrimination refer to the systems of inequality rooted in the social structure, however, educational in-stitutions can contribute to changing them if they look critically at the knowledge they transmit, the values and practices they hold, as well as the processes that exclude people who have been labeled as “ different”.

Palabras llave : Discrimination; Higher education; Indigenous students; Interculturality; Identity.

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