Castizo
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Castizo is a racial category used in Spanish America to refer to people who are three-quarters Spanish and one-quarter Amerindian. The category of castizo was widely recognized by the 18th century in
The child of a Spaniard (right) and a mestiza (middle) is a castiza. By Miguel Cabrera. (1763)
From Spaniard and Castiza, Spaniard (1799).
Diego Maradona was a descendant of Galician, Italian and Croatian immigrants, and of Guaraní natives.
Casta
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Casta is a term which means "lineage" in Spanish and Portuguese and has historically been used as a racial and social identifier. From the outset, colonial Spanish America resulted in widespread inter
Castizo
…The category of castizo was widely recognized by the 18th century in colonial Mexico and was a standard category portrayed in eighteenth-century casta paintings. A castizo is a person of predominantly European (usually Spanish) ancestry with a smaller proportion of Indigenous ancestry—typically three-quarters…
Las castas. A casta painting showing 16 racial groupings. Anonymous, 18th century, oil on canvas, 148×104 cm, Museo Nacional del Virreinato, Tepotzotlán, Mexico
From a Spaniard and an Indian woman, a Mestiza. Miguel Cabrera, 1763
Luis de Mena, Virgin of Guadalupe and castas, 1750. Museo de América, Madrid