> Then you end up with Mestizo, which somewhat maps to the word Nigger here in the US. This is absolutely false. Mestizo is a normal and accepted term both in

> Then you end up with Mestizo, which somewhat maps to the word Nigger here in the US. This is absolutely false. Mestizo is a normal and accepted term both in the US and throughout latin america. It is not considered an insult anywhere, unlike Mulatto. What else would you call us mixed people? > Not good enough to be native, and not 'pure blood'. Again wrong, most racism south of the US border is towards the indigenous. Mestizos see themselves as superior, since we are both european and native. While the aristocracy may look pure european the majority of latin american countries are mestizo and is a big source of pride and identity.