The Latin America Interest Project (LAPOP) at Vanderbilt University has recently released a report that evaluates the effects of skin color on educational attainment. Their report, “Pigmentocracy in the Americas: How is Educational Attainment Related to Skin Color?” finds that throughout Latin America there is a consistently negative relationship between pigmentation and educational status, regardless of class origin or other socioeconomic indicators, creating a system the authors call "pigmentocracy."
