Artist’s depiction of discriminatory laws at some Peruvian beaches that prohibit maids from swimming during daylight hours (until 7 p.m. at Asia beach)
It sounds like a scene straight out of the Jim Crow era in the American South, but it’s happening today in coastal Peru: discriminatory laws in some exclusive seaside resorts prohibit maids (nearly all of whom are poor Andean [...]
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Bring on the inflatable breasts! It’s summertime in Lima
It’s summer in Lima. It’s hot, there’s no air-conditioning, all the pitucos are at the beach, and the city street-sweepers are roasting in their masks and full-body jumpsuits.
I haven’t mentioned the pitucos before. I was going to get around to it.
The word roughly means “snob,” but [...]
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Tags: Maids·pituco·racism
