Polonius3: the term Mestizo denotes someone of mixed European, mainly Iberian, and Amerindian blood.
Someone on this thread loves putting people in boxes. Do you miss the days of Octaroon Balls?
And in most countries where the term mestizo is in use it's just as much about cultural identification as actual bloodlines and breeding papers. Amerindians in much of Latin America call themselves mestizo to announce their intention to move up in the world (and mestizos call themselves white to do the same thing).
In the US most people with any significant portion of African ancestory self identify as Black or African American and the term Mulatto is not used seriously by ..... anyone who can be taken seriously themselves. This practice might seem strange to some, but basically, it's a relic of the old onedrop laws that declared anyone with any African 'blood' (even 'one drop') as Black. Those laws were the brainchild of Southern Whites who worried a lot about racial purity.
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