recently in TikTok has gone viral trends of “Aunt Paola”where they record a video without context, accompanied by the spongebob audio (which also went very viral in 2022) “we painted the whole house”but instead of ending with “What’s that?” the voice of a child interrupts with the “Aunt Paula” and it is at that moment when people, animals or black objects are pointed out.
The popularity of trends It has been so great that during the first week of 2023 it has positioned itself as the top of the most viral searches on the platform.
This trend leads the searches on the platform.
But where does this trend come from? and what does it really mean? In VANGUARD we tell you.
THE CONTEXT OF TÍA PAOLA
This audio comes from a video where he participates yanfrichild Colombian five-year-old who became popular for her cuteness when talking and walking. Those footage were recorded and shared by her family.
This particular fragment refers to a video where Yanfri is sharing a day at the pool with other cousins his age and relatives. Suddenly, Yanfri gets up from the inflatable pool placed on the grass and runs towards those who are recording it.
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As he walks towards them he shouts “Mom, Aunt Paola, Camilo is swearing”.
At that moment, the woman asks him what the other minor said and Yanfri replies that he cannot say it. That is when the woman, identified as Tía Paola, tells Yanfri to tell her cousin that “Daddy God is angry”Yanfri nods and gives a little jump, which elicited tender reactions from netizens.
However, this call that Yanfri made to adults is now used during the trend, which although many users point out that it is harmless humormany others point out that it is loaded with racist speechsince some participants have used dolls, dogs, cats, people, black objectsand even dirty feet to represent that moment.
As part of his arguments, Afro-descendant activists and communities have commented that comparisons between people with dark-colored or dirty objects is a highly racist political discourse and that seeking to “mask” this with humor only reinforces it.
@suaguerex Is aunt Paola racism? Well, in my opinion, it is and in this video I explain it in a subtle way with my own experience and hoping that they know how to understand it.
#TiaPaola #Do not use it #let’s be empathic with everyone #NoToRacism ♬ original sound – Alexander Segura
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RACISM IN MEXICO
The National Council to Prevent Discrimination (CONAPRED) describes the discrimination as an act of violence that secretes by reasons of ethnic or national origin, sexual identity or orientation, age, health condition, disability, gender, social status, religion or any type of behavior that violates the dignity of people, either by exclusion, preference, distinction or restriction.
On the subject, the Minister Arturo Zaldivarduring the presentation of the protocol for judging with an intercultural perspective: indigenous peoples, peoples and communities (November 2022), commented that since the conquest in Mexico to this day, the country has been highly racist, but it refuses to admit it.
“Mexico has continued to live, grow, develop with a racism that pretends to be imperceptible, that tries to be denied, but whose reality is every day more alive, powerful and that screams at us to turn to see it”said.
He also commented that part of the vulnerable population most discriminated against are the minors and the indigenous women of our country.
@ruidoenlaredoficial The trend of the
#tiapaola it’s not funny. He is discriminatory and only demonstrates people’s internalized racism.
#tiapaola? #yanfry #yanfri #tiapaolaoriginal ♬ original sound – Noise on the Net
On the other hand, in 2017 the National Survey on Discrimination in Mexico (ENADIS)made by the INEGI, CNDH and CONAPREDrevealed that 65 percent of those surveyed considered that little or no respect for the rights of indigenous people, while 56 percent commented the same about the people of African descent.
21 percent of the women surveyed and 24 percent of the men I would not rent them a room people of African descent, with a predominance of people with different sexual identity or orientation and religion.
In that same survey, during the question if they have been discriminated against due to personal conditionWhat skin tone, height, clothing, accent social classamong others, it was determined that the states with the highest rate of discrimination are Puebla, Colima, Guerrero, Oaxaca and Morelos.
For this 2023 it was reported that the ENADIS 2022 was carried out during the months of July to November and that the results will be published during the first semester of the year, so it seeks to update the data obtained during 2017.
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