INTRODUCTION

 Racism and discrimination in Peru is a problem that threatens human rights, the freedom of people and social welfare in our community as they prevent the optimal development of the country, generate slavery, inequality in the workplace, economic, educational and cultural. The types of discrimination are by social class, race, skin color, country of origin, language, sexual orientation, gender, age, religion and disability. According to surveys conducted by the Peruvian Ministry of Culture, more than 50% of Peruvians belonging to the indigenous, Afro-descendant, Andean or Amazonian population have been victims of racist treatment, jokes, harassment, workplace harassment, violence and insults. 

As strange and contradictory as it sounds, racism against indigenous people in Peru, who despite being the majority and predominant race in our country, is also one of the most discriminated against and rejected, is unfortunate considering that the majority of who discriminate against these people, are the same ones who descend from the same ethnic group, who have ancestors who are nothing more than indigenous in the same way. As I said before, a contradictory problem, but common in our country. The amount of insults that were generated towards these people with the passing of the decades, the nicknames, and the bad stares, is something despicable as well as not very admirable and that reflects in its maximum expression the great racism, discrimination, hatred, rejection, and disgust that exists in our country against other people who simply have a dark color tone, customs that do no harm to anyone.

It is a problem that seriously affects Peruvian society, more than half of Peruvians have felt discriminated against, the main manifestations of discrimination are being refused to be attended, being treated different and “jokes”. This only supports the national disintegration and deepens the obstacles to development based on equality and progress, mainly for indigenous people, Afro- descendant population, people from the Andes and Amazonas, origin or descent.

59% of Peruvians perceive that the Quechua and Aymara populations are discriminated against because of their way of speaking, their clothing and language.

60% of Peruvians think that the Afro-Peruvian population is discriminated against because of their skin color, physical features and commonly they are associated with crime.

Likewise, the problem is bigger than we imagine, since for many people discriminating or being discriminated against has become something normal, since they see it very often. which indicates that emphasis should be placed on raising awareness among citizens.

Everything said before, facts like these show that in Peru instead of evolving, we go backwards with this type of behavior.

We believe in a change, in a better society, in a better future for new generations, in a better country, in a better world without prejudice. This is the objective of this project to transform the world and our country, to create social awareness, to prove everyone that skin is just a color and people should not be judged for it. We are all human beings, regardless of race, gender or religion, we are all Peruvian, we are all Peru.