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**nerkvcbtre** · 05-12-2010, 06:12 AM

It depends from region. Mexicans don't mind getting called Mestizos. But call a Chilean (who are mestizos too) a mestizo and you won't get a friendly reaction.

sorry, I should have been clearer.
I was just referring to the antiquated terms used for non-whites within the US (here, American = estadounidenses, and anti-American sentiment and ugly American stereotypes we receive from across the Atlantic are focused solely on us US-ians. I tend to unthinkingly fall back into that.)

not surprising that it varies across regions and populations
interesting though, the differences and their reasons

05-12-2010, 06:12 AM	#26
nerkvcbtre Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 519 Senior Member	It depends from region. Mexicans don't mind getting called Mestizos. But call a Chilean (who are mestizos too) a mestizo and you won't get a friendly reaction. sorry, I should have been clearer. I was just referring to the antiquated terms used for non-whites within the US (here, American = estadounidenses, and anti-American sentiment and ugly American stereotypes we receive from across the Atlantic are focused solely on us US-ians. I tend to unthinkingly fall back into that.) not surprising that it varies across regions and populations interesting though, the differences and their reasons
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