For the people of preColonial Latin America, the Aztec, Maya, and Inca, an individuals place in society and his/her gender was perceived as another natural phenomenon of their existence. The arrival of the Europeans in Latin America drastically influenced the cultures and customs of ancient Latin American peoples; insofar, that a New People and a New World evolved. With this in mind, are race and gender a social construction or a natural phenomenon?
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