Example sentences for: mestizo

How can you use “mestizo” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The scenes of many early Chicano murals consisted of pre-Columbian indigenous themes and motifs that reflected a mestizo (mixed-race) heritage and a Mexican cultural nationalism.

  • He is in the company of the historical mestizo character of Yo soy Joaquín, the revolutionary figure of Joaquín Murrieta, the mythical pachuco, the stately learned persona of Dr. Paredes, the gentle leadership of César Chávez; the bracero is the universally exploited farmworker, the campesino of the world.

  • According to Mexican and Chicano folklore she metaphorically represents the raped Indian woman that produced the mestizo (mixed Spanish and Indian) race, the Mexican, but she is also considered a double-crosser.

  • The girls, rucas (Indian girls) or cholas (mestizo girls), may wear the same khaki pants or short tight skirts, highly teased long hair, and lots of eye makeup.

  • She is the mother of the mestizo race, La Raza (The People), and a political symbol for the oppressed and powerless.


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