Are castizos even recognized in the US racial hierarchy? (Mexican, deaths, cost)

[Luciano700]

Asking this as a castizo myself

[TimTheEnchanter]

I like the castizos at Taco Bell better than the ones at Del Taco.

[phma]

Originally Posted by TimTheEnchanter

I like the castizos at Taco Bell better than the ones at Del Taco.

Isn't that cows tongue ? AOC is going to end that cows tongue by wagging her own.

[Originalist]

Originally Posted by Luciano700

Asking this as a castizo myself

Spaniards are lumped in with all Latinos.

A Latino is a Latino is a Latino and so on.

I don't think most Americans even know that Latinos come in as many flavors of skin, eye, hair color as there can be. They are a rainbow.

I have a Mexican great-grandma, so I also have Spanish in me somewhere.

I really need to do a 23 and me.

[Luciano700]

Originally Posted by Originalist

Spaniards are lumped in with all Latinos.


A Latino is a Latino is a Latino and so on.




I don't think most Americans even know that Latinos come in as many flavors of skin, eye, hair color as there can be. They are a rainbow.


I have a Mexican great-grandma, so I also have Spanish in me somewhere.


I really need to do a 23 and me.

Same

[TylerJAX]

Asking about whether "castizos" belongs in the "U.S. racial hierarchy" is a poor question. The U.S. never had a Latin American style racial hierarchy. There was more or less whites who enjoyed all rights and non-whites who didn't quite enjoy all rights. Nowadays, everyone is supposed to be equal before the law.

Asking whether "castizos" is a recognized social or demographic group in the U.S. would be a more valid question, and the answer would be no.

[Mircea]

Originally Posted by Luciano700

Asking this as a castizo myself

No, you're kind of like Melange.

Melange were almost exclusively from Virginia, Tennessee, the Carolinas and Georgia who were part African, part Tribal and part Caucasian.

Like Castizo, the name kind of fell into disuse after the early 1900s, and outside of Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California, no one really knew what that was.

You have to remember that before the 1900s, States weren't involved in birth, marriage or death.

Those functions were performed by churches.

Some States were involved in marriages. In Tennessee, up through the 1890s, a marriage license cost $1,500.

Can you imagine paying $1,500 today for a marriage license?

In 1860, the average annual income for Americans was $385.

Now, imagine earning $350/year and paying $1,500 for a marriage license.

Anyway, between 1900 and 1920, States started enacting laws that required counties to record births, marriages and deaths, and a lot of States also enacted laws that barred inter-racial marriages, so being Castizo, half-breed, Mulatto or Melange is not really something you'd want people to know.

[desertdetroiter]

Originally Posted by Originalist

Spaniards are lumped in with all Latinos.

A Latino is a Latino is a Latino and so on.

I don't think most Americans even know that Latinos come in as many flavors of skin, eye, hair color as there can be. They are a rainbow.

I have a Mexican great-grandma, so I also have Spanish in me somewhere.

I really need to do a 23 and me.

Your results are in. You’re white.

[AFP]

Americans have no idea what castizo is.

A Castizo pretty much looks a light complected Mexican about 1/4 Amerindian + 3/4 Spaniard ancestry vs a Mestizo about 1/2 Amerindian + 1/2 Spaniard ancestry.

I think Castizo's in general are considered more attractive by USA standards.

[tickyul]

Is that like a Cat-Person................seriously???

I have never heard this term before, help!