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My grandma has always told me stories about our family tree and how we became to be Mexicans. One of my high school teachers would also tell us about how we all came from a group of people known as Mestizos.

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These people were given that name because they weren't of pure blood. Mestizos from Mexico were started with people that were white Europeans or Spaniards that were then mixed with an indigenous background. It was the people who didn’t identify as Spanish or Indian because they were in between

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People back then would also use the terms “cholo” and “castizo” for the mestizo’s children. At first, all these names were said as an insult since it was embarrassing during this time to be mixed and speak the Spanish language.

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Many of the mestizos would live in the Spaniard’s houses and would work as their workers. That’s where most of the other mestizos would be born since usually the owner of the house would be male and there would usually be a female maid. As time passed by the mestizos became a much larger group to where it was no longer rare for someone to be mestizo. They later adopted the Hispanic’s clothing style so they would be distinguished from the indigenous people. They branched off and became their own people at one point because of how many of them there were.

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The mestizos made a big part in history and now that I have learned many things about them, I feel like it is something that should be taught to everyone since everyone’s ancestors were mestizos at one point. I am pretty sure that everyone knows that at one point every race was mixed, but it is interesting to learn what races were the ones that were first to be mixed and which races were those. And if you think about it, a lot of people today are mestizos since there are a lot that are mixed.

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Pictures

·      https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMestizos_in_Mexico&psig=AOvVaw1pysbssr8RXTqlgSuFWLRQ&ust=1639507724113000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAsQjRxqFwoTCIiY7a-44fQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAP

·      https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fbelatina.com%2Fafro-latino-identity-in-mexico%2F&psig=AOvVaw1pysbssr8RXTqlgSuFWLRQ&ust=1639507724113000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAsQjRxqGAoTCIiY7a-44fQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABCJAQ

·      https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthinkmexican.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F42545993890%2Fmestizo-concept-european-colonialism-mexicans-chicanos&psig=AOvVaw1pysbssr8RXTqlgSuFWLRQ&ust=1639507724113000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAsQjRxqGAoTCIiY7a-44fQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABCPAQ

·      https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fimages-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com%2Ff%2F95806f26-5baa-44a6-a2e7-68c59bdd9860%2Fddu7eqf-f7749b54-aea3-4e88-8194-5cdd3c82bca0.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffit%2Fw_300%2Ch_900%2Cq_70%2Cstrp%2Fsol_mestizo_by_amisadaidibuja_ddu7eqf-300w.jpg%3Ftoken%3DeyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9MTI3OSIsInBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzk1ODA2ZjI2LTViYWEtNDRhNi1hMmU3LTY4YzU5YmRkOTg2MFwvZGR1N2VxZi1mNzc0OWI1NC1hZWEzLTRlODgtODE5NC01Y2RkM2M4MmJjYTAuanBnIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTEyODAifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6aW1hZ2Uub3BlcmF0aW9ucyJdfQ.cIJixQjNSIuCV6Oe18fF48QK7PMsw3Dt9FV4NvDg-yA&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deviantart.com%2Ftag%2Fmestizaje&tbnid=uayK-pyqENO-LM&vet=12ahUKEwjs_42Yu-H0AhVSXqwKHTbbAU8QMygKegUIARDRAQ..i&docid=ZQlKepYgjE80HM&w=300&h=299&q=mestizo%20art&client=safari&ved=2ahUKEwjs_42Yu-H0AhVSXqwKHTbbAU8QMygKegUIARDRAQ

Information

·      https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/07/10/mestizo-and-mulatto-mixed-race-identities-unique-to-hispanics/.

·      https://www.britannica.com/topic/mestizo

·      https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/latin-america-and-caribbean/mesoamerican-indigenous-peoples/mestizo

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· Depending on what place we are talking about, the mestizos are of different races, not just the same ones as in Mexico. For example, in the Philippines, a mestizo could have been someone that is Chines mixed with native ancestry.

· In most cases, the mom was indigenous, and the dad was of pure blood. Although one of the kid’s parents was of pure blood, or in this case fully European or Spaniard, the kid wouldn’t be moved up to a higher class.

· Anything that was made by these people was considered to be mestizo. Even when it came to art, it would be considered mestizo if it had anything that involved Hispanic and/or indigenous elements.