Mestizo

European American During and after slavery, most American whites regarded interracial marriage between whites and blacks as a negative. However, during slavery, many white American men and women did conceive children with black partners. These children automatically became slaves if the mother was a slave. They were born free if the mother was free, as slavery was based on descent of the mother or matrilineal. This in contrast of a newborn who takes the father's last name or patrilineal. Some…

Coming from from a Chicano heritage, Anzaldúa is the protagonist in Borderlands/La Frontera, devoted to finding her place in her Chicano culture. Similar to Peter Balakian’s Black Dog of Fate has also demonstrated the values of going through adolescence with being aware of his past through memories and history, and while trying to immerse himself of his culture as he pieces together the memories of his grandmother and his ancestral history that allows him to discover his true identity. As for…

former slave colonies in the Americas. This small prevalence of the Afro-Mexican population has led to a lost history of these people, especially with the Mexican government 's past efforts to create a general nationalistic identity that favors the mestizo narrative. However, the heavy involvement of the church in the story of slavery and creolization in New spain distinguishes this narrative…

Racism in U.S Schools A few years ago, Time Magazine featured a digital composite of a face of a mestizo woman as their cover page to show the progressing nature of multiculturalism in the USA. The face served as an idea of what people would look like in 21st century America (London, n.d). According to the American Community Survey, the U.S immigrant population stands at 13.5 percent of the total population, which shows that diversity in the U.S is increasing each day. Yet, according to a recent…

Historical archaeology in California covers the time span after Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo reached San Diego in 1542; however, it tends to be considered the beginning with the period of Spanish colonization starting in 1769 with the arrival of Gaspar de Portola 's expedition in San Diego and goes all the way into the 20th century. Archaeological studies of what is called the Exploration Period from 1542-1769, the Spanish Colonial Period from 1769-1821, the Mexican Republic Period from 1821-1846,…

Because entire groups of men, rather than families, settled in New Spain, they frequently married Native American women. As a result of intermarriage, a strict hierarchy based on race was established. Groups like the genizaros, mulattos, coyotes, mestizos, and creoles were organized into a social pyramid with each person placed in a caste (“Intermarriage…”). Unlike the Spanish who wished to incorporate native populations in their society, the English were unwilling to interact beyond trade. In…

The Spanish and New England Colonies The Spanish and New England colonies were both only slightly similar and significantly different in terms of religion because of the varying beliefs on the numerous visions of salvations and the massive weight of control by the European church leaders. Along with the religious beliefs of both colonies, the colonists both had fairly different views and precedents on the native people and their homelands, the interactions between the Natives and the…

Costa Rica is a country located in Central America, and is ranked as one of the most visited international destinations. Costa Rica is a peaceful democratic country. Costa Rica is also an attractive country for investment. It offers great potential for the establishment of important multinational companies, thanks to the outstanding academic level of its population, as well as the high standard of modern services and social and political stability. During this research about Costa Rica, it came…

The common good in society can be interpreted as all that which furthers the well-being of all, whether collectively and individually. The common good can include important values such as justice and respect, or certain establishments, such as an education. Undeniably, the common good includes the factors that allow individuals and communities to not only survive, but foster and thrive to their full potential. Thus, there are many behaviors or attitudes that shape the common good. In Fr. Daniel…

In Fredrick Douglass’s “Learning to Read and Write”, the reader experiences a brief portion of the life of a slave as he’s trying to learn to read and write. In the middle of the essay Fredrick Douglass writes about his experience with books on slavery, “I read them over and over again with unabated interest. They gave tongue to interesting thoughts of my own soul, which frequently lashed through my mind, and died away for want of utterance…. It had given me a view of my wretched condition,…