Define the modern citizen as European.
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Whitening is a process, not a skin-colour tally
A compact test for analysing claims about Argentina as a “white” or “European” nation.
The mechanism
Follow the idea as it becomes common sense.
Prefer European migration and territorial incorporation.
Count, classify, or omit populations unequally.
Treat whiteness as normal and others as outsiders.
What to ask
Run five checks against the claim.
Who was imagined as the nation’s desirable future?
Which state policies pursued that image?
Who became statistically or culturally invisible?
How does the inherited image shape present institutions and speech?
What evidence would disconfirm the explanation?
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