Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 Jun;10(3):1018-1024. doi: 10.1007/s40615-022-01289-4. Epub 2022 Mar 30.
Venezuela is one of the Latin American nations that has traditionally participated in the myth of racial democracy. According to this myth, inasmuch as Venezuela is a racially mixed country, racism is largely absent. That has made virtually invisible the plight of Afro-Venezuelans, who continue to suffer discrimination. In the present study, 402 Afro-Venezuelans were surveyed regarding their perceived discrimination and their levels of depression. Results came out showing that, compared to white Venezuelans, Afro-Venezuelans are more likely to suffer both perceived discrimination and depression. Likewise, it was also found that among Afro-Venezuelans, perceived discrimination has a statistically significant correlation with depression. However, one particular marker of depression (suicidal ideation) does not have correlation with any dimension of perceived discrimination.
委内瑞拉是传统上参与种族民主神话的拉丁美洲国家之一。根据这一神话，由于委内瑞拉是一个种族混合的国家，因此很大程度上不存在种族主义。这使得非裔委内瑞拉人的困境几乎看不见，他们继续遭受歧视。在本研究中，对 402 名非裔委内瑞拉人进行了调查，了解他们所经历的歧视和抑郁程度。结果表明，与白人委内瑞拉人相比，非裔委内瑞拉人更容易遭受歧视和抑郁。同样，还发现非裔委内瑞拉人中，感知到的歧视与抑郁之间存在统计学上的显著相关性。然而，抑郁的一个特定指标（自杀意念）与感知歧视的任何维度都没有相关性。
