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Multiracial affairs in the Americas
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The list Multiracial affairs in the Americas includes
Mestizo, Half-breed, Cholo, Ladino people and Garifuna.
The list consists of 7 members
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Cholo
a loosely defined Spanish term that has had various meanings
Overview: Cholo is a loosely defined Spanish term that has had various meanings. Its origin is a somewhat derogatory term for people of mixed-blood heritage in the Spanish Empire in Latin America and its successor ...
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Mestizo
Term to denote a person with Iberian and Indigenous American blood
Overview: Mestizo ( ) (fem. mestiza) is a term historically used in Spain, Spanish America and the Philippines that originally referred to a person of combined European and Indigenous American descent, regardless ... 0
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La raza cósmica
Non-fiction book by Jose Vasconcelos
Overview: La raza cósmica (The Cosmic Race) is a Spanish-language book written and published in 1925 by Mexican philosopher, secretary of education, and 1929 presidential candidate José Vasconcelos to express the ... 0
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Half-breed
Obsolete term for mixed Native American and European ancestry
Overview: Half-breed is a term, used to describe anyone who is of mixed race; although, in the United States, it usually refers to people who are half Native American and half European/white. 0
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Ladino people
Mix of mestizo or hispanicized peoples in Latin America, principally in Central AmericaOverview: The Ladino people are a mix of mestizo or hispanicized peoples in Latin America, principally in Central America. The demonym Ladino is a Spanish word that derives from Latino. Ladino is an exonym invented ... 0
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Garifuna
Descendants of West African, Central African, Island Carib, and Arawak peopleOverview: The Garifuna ( GAR-ee-FOO-nə; pl. Garinagu in Garifuna) are a mixed African and indigenous people originally from the Caribbean island of St. Vincent who speak the Garifuna dialect of the Arawakan language ... 0
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Overview: Oak Hill Industrial Academy (also known as the Alice Lee Elliott Memorial Academy or Elliott Academy) was founded as a day school and later became a boarding school for Choctaw Freedmen. It existed from ... 0
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