Resumen

POLO BLANCO, Jorge. Bad blood is to blame for everything. Hispanophobia and racism in some prominent figures in the intellectual history of Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Cuba, and Colombia. Tzintzun. Rev. estud. históricos [online]. 2025, n.82, pp.159-192.  Epub 30-Sep-2025. ISSN 2007-963X.  https://doi.org/10.35830/gck3ec11.

Certain intellectual and political elites disavowed the Hispanic heritage throughout the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth. But, at the same time, they demonstrated an irrepressible dislike for the indigenous and black populations of their respective nations. Many of these elites spread the story of the anti-Spanish black legend. Simultaneously, they exhibited an undisguised rejection of the Amerindian and Afro-descendant populations. A rejection that, in some cases, came very close to racism. It was also common, in these contexts, to despise the mestizo. We will analyze some works of prominent intellectual figures from Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Cuba, and Colombia on this occasion.

Palabras llave : Hispanic America; Miscegenation; Racism; Hispanophobia; Black Legend.

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