Aeromexico: Sorry for Casting Call Telling Dark-Skinned People to Not Apply Cindy R. Rodriguez - CNN
go to original August 17, 2013

Aeromexico airline and an advertising company apologized for a commercial casting call that said "dark-skinned" people would not be allowed to audition.

The casting call sought those with a "Polanco look," referring to a well-to-do white neighborhood in Mexico City.

A photo of the casting e-mail was taken by Mexican blogger Tamara De Anda, who expressed her frustrations on how the representations of brown people in Mexican media largely do not exist outside of government program announcements.

... With a population of 20 million, Mexico City's racial makeup consists of mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%; Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%; white 9%; and other 1%, according to The World Factbook.

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