Mestizo Persuasive Speech

The word mestizo is popularly known as a man of mixed race, who is often the offspring of a Spaniard and an American Indian. This simple word brings two unique cultures, two different races, and two different set of values, and merges them together to create a unique and culturally diverse person. Many have heard the word, many have used the word, but did we ever stopped to think about the real social value and controversy this word carries in its meaning?
The history of mestizos and mestizaje should serve as a role model of how merging cultures can have a great and positive impact in the world, but it should also be a lesson on the struggles of being portrayed or expected to act as a certain nationality, race, or even a stereotype, especially …show more content…
Some mestizos like to glorify only one part of their blood line, or they feel a little prouder of being a descendant of one specific race. For example, there are mestizos who will undoubtedly put their indigenous blood line far more highly than their Spanish blood, but at the same time there are mestizos who feel more connected to their Spanish culture. Even though now a day, being a mestizo is worn with pride by many individuals, there are some people who disagree when it comes to calling themselves mestizos. This is due to the fact that they are the descendants of two races that have clashed against each other for a long time. To Indians, Spaniards are known as people of pain, who brought their ancestors great deaths, this has caused many descendants from indigenous blood lines to rather forget that this interracial mixing happened. Nevertheless, some mestizos see things in a different way and feel prouder of their Spanish descent than their Indigenous blood. However, there are also people who are against any racial mixing, who see their own race as far purer than anyone else’s, and would most likely like to forget that the mestizaje that occurred all those years ago, led to the mixing of two different