The United States Enlightened Against Racism in Some Ways in Comparison to Mexico and South America

     As we all know, the indigenous people of our country got a really unfair deal.  Under Andrew Jackson, with the 'Indian Removal Act,' and the Trail of Tears, as a result, Native Americans having to leave North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia, leading those who survived the perilous journey, to Oklahoma and Arkansas, mountains.  
     This was mainly the Cherokees.  Many people in the United States claim to have Cherokee heritage.  I am certain that many do, but I think many people say they have Native American blood, who really don't, because it seems cool.  The point is that here in the states, people want to be Indian, and have a certain respect now for the indigenous people of our country. 
     In Mexico and South America, and probably Central America, Latin America in general, people tend to be racist towards the Aztecs, Mayans, the indigenous people, even though most people have some Indian or indigenous heritage.  For some reason, many would rather identify with the Spanish heritage, which was brought by Cortez, even though the Spanish also brought the inquisition, along with its torture, even if in the name of Catholicism and Christianity.
     I know that some Latin Americans are proud of their Indian culture, and have ties to Aztec royalty, and Mayan I am sure, but many want no part of identifying with the indigenous people.  This is racism, no matter how you look at it, and makes no sense.
     I guess, that if I were to deeply research the culture of South America, such as Peru, Chile, Ecuador, I would find facts that I am not aware of, in more detail, about this.
     In Canada, part of North America, the French intermarried with the Native Americans, such as the Mahicans, and are also, like people in the U.S., proud of this heritage, and of course not just the French, but other nationalities.  In contrast, it seems that Latin Americans want no part of their native culture and heritage, and are often racist towards their more pure Indian peers, such as Mayans and Aztecs.
     Racism is unfortunate, and truthfully a problem in The States, as well.  For instance, one in three black men, will end up in prison.  Why?  One in six Hispanic men, will end up in prison, and one in every sixteen white men.  
     Ironically, in Australia, a penal colony originally, and I don't find white Australians to be the nicest people in the world, in my own experience, but I understand that a great number of indigenous people, the aborigines,  often end up in prison, and are the recipients of racism.
     I guess I do not understand this consciousness, so why is this?  Is it poverty, lack of opportunity?  I think that The United States is on the right track, in terms of its consciousness, but there is so much emphasis, in different cultures, about skin color, which means nothing.  I think the racism leads to contempt, which leads to discrimination, which leads to poverty, which might be what could lead to crime.
      I would like to see this change, that The Americas all become more color blind, and that South Americans, Central Americans, and Mexicans, especially, would change this thought system.