Are castizos even recognized in the US racial hierarchy? (Hispanic, state, income)

[No_Recess]

There's a racial hierarchy?

[NomadicDrifter]

In America, it usually comes down to two things:

1)Do you look White? Check. Let's keep going.
2)Do you have some ethnic name? Either a Latino name, or hard to pronounce name? Well, you get demoted half a step.

[Bronxguyanese]

Originally Posted by Luciano700

Asking this as a castizo myself

I'm a mulatto this is not recognized in the United States.

[CCbaxter]

Don’t know what it is.
Don’t care what it is.
Didn’t know there was a racial hierarchy in the US
Are you worried?

[boxus]

Originally Posted by NomadicDrifter

In America, it usually comes down to two things:

1)Do you look White? Check. Let's keep going.
2)Do you have some ethnic name? Either a Latino name, or hard to pronounce name? Well, you get demoted half a step.

Lol, sort of, close enough. There are some pretty dark white people, like a Greek, who are treated fine. I am pretty dark for a :white" person, yet no one has ever thought anything of it, even myself.

But yea, it is a joke to think that former Miss Universe Stefania Fernandez is going to be thought of the same, by a bigot, as someone who looks like Cesar Chavez. But hey, they are both Hispanics...

[Endoplasmic]

Racial Hierarchy? Never heard of one. Never heard the term castizo either. SMFH

[The Dark Enlightenment]

Are castizos even recognized in the US racial hierarchy?

I would bet that most don't even know what a castizo it. I'm interested in this stuff, and even I had to look the word up.

I think they would be lumped in with other Hispanics and potentially eligible for affirmative action benefits, or just be considered "white" depending on their own preference in identity.

[The Dark Enlightenment]

Originally Posted by CCbaxter

Don’t know what it is.
Don’t care what it is.
Didn’t know there was a racial hierarchy in the US
Are you worried?

Why post just to tell us you don't know or care about something?

[r small]

Originally Posted by Mircea

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.

Melange? Don't you mean Melungeon? Some people in Appalachia have black hair and darker skin than the Scots-Irish that make up most of the population and some people consider them members of an ethnic group called Melungeons. But I believe it's just that some families have Native American, Spanish, Portuguese, or African American ancestors. Are Melungeons an actual ethnic group? I would say no. I have members of my Scots-Irish family that fit the description and I can guarantee that they have never heard of the word Melungeon.

[CCbaxter]

Originally Posted by The Dark Enlightenment

Why post just to tell us you don't know or care about something?

Just outlining my position because the OP seemed concerned about his social standing.