Mestizos in Mexico

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In Mexico, the term mestizo (lit. 'mixed') is an identity of those of mixed European (mainly Spanish) and Amerindian (mainly Mesoamerican) ancestry. Some consider that it can be defined by criteria ranging from ideological and cultural to self-identification, genetic ancestry, or physical appearance. According to these criteria, estimates of the number of mestizos in Mexico vary from about 40% of the population to over 90% (including people of indigenous descent who do not recognize themselves as part of an Indigenous culture, and White Mexicans) who do not belong to the country's culturally Indigenous minorities. A survey carried out by Latinobarometro in 2018 found that around 58% of Mexicans self-identify as mestizos when asked about their race; a survey by Cohesión Social found that over 70% of Mexicans identified as mixed-race. Some genetic studies have claimed that mestizos make up over 93% of Mexico's present-day population, but this is disputed, with many Mexicans, including those...

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