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Post by joseanto071 on Nov 11, 2017 5:39:10 GMT
I made a video about the Mexican race, and I tried to make it as accurate as I can. This is based on observation, looking through countless forums and articles, I think I know what the average Mexican is. I thin the average Mexican overall, across all regions, is a mestizo, pretty close to balanced 50/50 but (very) slightly more on the European side and with a touch of Sub Saharan African. Would you say this is true? I mentioned in the video of course that we vary greatly throughout different regions but I think if we get the average out of all the Mexicans...or try to see the most common phenotype, I think it would be the a mestizo-harnizo/euromestizo. Trying to be as objective as I can. It's hard to say what we are, I seen different sources say different things. Some say we Mexicans on average are more Native than Euro others say we are more Euro than Native. I think we are pretty close to 50/50 but very slightly more Euro than Native...However, I would believe the statement that we are more Native and that wouldn't be so far fetched but again...that would be very slightly! I don't think We aren't indio-mestizo or cholo like the Peruvians, Bolivians, Guatemalans or Ecuadorians. These are my thoughts but tell me what do you think? What do you know? Also, thanks in advance  |
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Post by Elizabeth on Nov 11, 2017 5:53:47 GMT
It seems right to me based on what I know about Mexico and the Mexicans in my state but of course that's still a small group of Mexicans that I know Also, your English is much better than I origionally thought! Me gusta (my slight Spanish knowledge  ) |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2017 13:02:56 GMT
I don't understand at least half of this stuff ended with "-izo". Sometimes it seems to me that people in America seek divisions in places where it's not necessary: white, black, hispanic, latino, mestizo, izozizizzo, and so on. Here I know only three terms that can possibly refer to something commonly known as "human race", which is white, black and yellow (which for some reasons refers to the Asians and Native Americans). Just three. And everything is understandable and clear.
But for some reasons in the New World people prefer to invent more and more terms, I don't understand why. It looks like writing some RPG game. Race X is stronger than Y, but Y lives longer than X. Race V is smarter than Z, but Z is more agile. Race X is a natural enemy for V and W combines all their features but in moderate level. Let's hunt the dragon.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2017 19:03:55 GMT
I don't understand at least half of this stuff ended with "-izo". Sometimes it seems to me that people in America seek divisions in places where it's not necessary: white, black, hispanic, latino, mestizo, izozizizzo, and so on. Here I know only three terms that can possibly refer to something commonly known as "human race", which is white, black and yellow (which for some reasons refers to the Asians and Native Americans). Just three. And everything is understandable and clear. But for some reasons in the New World people prefer to invent more and more terms, I don't understand why. It looks like writing some RPG game. Race X is stronger than Y, but Y lives longer than X. Race V is smarter than Z, but Z is more agile. Race X is a natural enemy for V and W combines all their features but in moderate level. Let's hunt the dragon. Actually, the race concept has been spread mostly by the europeans. It is classification based on languages, which we speak. There are branch of languages which get developed when certain region of people reach to another shore, and establish their rule, and along with that, they mix their languages with the locals and create language of adminisitraion. That's why those names ending with -izo etc. It is because of the language. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2017 19:19:26 GMT
I don't understand at least half of this stuff ended with "-izo". Sometimes it seems to me that people in America seek divisions in places where it's not necessary: white, black, hispanic, latino, mestizo, izozizizzo, and so on. Here I know only three terms that can possibly refer to something commonly known as "human race", which is white, black and yellow (which for some reasons refers to the Asians and Native Americans). Just three. And everything is understandable and clear. But for some reasons in the New World people prefer to invent more and more terms, I don't understand why. It looks like writing some RPG game. Race X is stronger than Y, but Y lives longer than X. Race V is smarter than Z, but Z is more agile. Race X is a natural enemy for V and W combines all their features but in moderate level. Let's hunt the dragon. Actually, the race concept has been spread mostly by the europeans. It is classification based on languages, which we speak. There are branch of languages which get developed when certain region of people reach to another shore, and establish their rule, and along with that, they mix their languages with the locals and create language of adminisitraion. That's why those names ending with -izo etc. It is because of the language. I know that the whole concept was established by (Western) Europeans, but it was more developed by Europeans. That is why I refer to modern classification - American one is alien to the Europeans. We can understand only "mestizo", but many of others we won't. We know the difference between major ones. But we don't divide anyone further, someone is black, someone is yellow, someone is white, and the others are in between. Americans have even the difference between a Hispanic and a Latino, while for most of Europeans there's no difference and we don't even establish any common term for Hispanic/Latino, they're mainly white in our vocabulary. Some others may compare them to "yellow" due to native ancestry, but that's all. The fact that Europeans figured out the differences between main races doesn't make Europeans responsible for the fact, that Americans go with the division much further, to the level of complete absurd. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2017 19:31:58 GMT
I go by European concept, because, even before their arrival on subcontinent, they surveyed a lot about anthropology and then created the nation states.
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Post by Διαμονδ on Nov 15, 2017 7:52:52 GMT
I don't think there is a Mexican race! While it is possible some indigenous Mexicans and truth have something in common with each other in terms of anthropological appearance, but in this case they are simply a mix of different races! This is typical of all Latin American people!
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Post by archiebunker on Nov 15, 2017 8:46:20 GMT
Not all Mexicans are the same mestizo race. There are also white Mexicans, Amerindians and blacks too I believe.
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