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.

  • Because she gave birth to the first mestizo, the first Mexicano, she is considered the mother of la raza cósmica (the cosmic race).

  • 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.

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

  • La Raza is used by Chicanos because they identify as mestizo people and see themselves as members of a special race, a group of people with a distinct heritage and destiny.


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