One thing that Americans of Mexican descent are ignorant of (or at least pretend to be), is how racist Mexico is in terms of a hierarchy based on Spanish blood content. A “Mexican” is a cross between Indians and Spaniards, the more Indian a Mexican looks, the more he is looked down upon by the more Spanish looking Mexicans.
The folks from the state of Chiapas can readily attest to that. From Wiki (emphasis mine): "As of the mid 1990s, most people in Chiapas were poor, rural small farmers. About one quarter of the population were of full or predominant Maya descent, and in rural areas many did not speak Spanish. The state suffers from the highest rate of malnutrition in Mexico, estimated to affect more than 40% of the population. Without roads, cities or even small towns, eastern Chiapas is a kind of dumping ground for the marginalized, in which all of the hardships peasants confront in the highlands are exacerbated."
I wonder how many "native Mexicans", i.e. Indians hold positions in the Mexican government.