What is Mestizaje?

In this episode I define mestizaje and challenge the narrative which states that mestizaje is simply a result of conquest and violence. References Bennett, Herman L. 2010. Colonial Blackness: A History of Afro-Mexico. N.p.: Indiana University Press. Gibson, Carrie. 2019. El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America. N.p.: Atlantic Monthly Press. Katzew, Ilona. 2004. Casta Painting: Images of Race in Eighteenth-century Mexico. N.p.: Yale University Press. Seijas, Tatiana. 2014. Asian Slaves in Colonial Mexico: From Chinos to Indians. N.p.: Cambridge University Press. Telles, Edward, and Denia Garcia. 2013. “Mestizaje" And Public Opinion In Latin America.” Latin American Research Review 48 (3): 130. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43670097.