Construyendo interculturalidad crítica frente al racismo. Experiencias de jóvenes indígenas universitarios

Racism produces and reproduces inequalities and forms of exclusion affecting populations that are wrongly labeled as minorities. Examining racism across its different dimensions and territorial expressions helps explain how it operates in educational settings, particularly in higher education institutions. This article analyzes the role of critical interculturality within a university as a practical and politically grounded response to racism in educational contexts. The study adopted a qualitative-interpretive approach and used a Google Forms questionnaire consisting of 18 open-ended items addressing experiences of racism in education and the recognition of interculturality as a framework for resistance and redress. Responses were analyzed through discourse analysis informed by diatopic hermeneutics. The findings show that racism operates both interpersonally and structurally and is shaped by ethnic and gender-based factors in university settings, as illustrated by the case of the Intercultural University of Chiapas. The article concludes that fostering critical interculturality in university educational processes strengthens social awareness, challenges power relations, and contributes to the consolidation of onto-epistemic justice in contexts of exclusion and discrimination that continue to shape university life and students’ experiences.