Tagalog... dark without being particularly mestizo
Heh. Yes, of course; Mexico. I've done just about enough SEAsian Studies for this to completely throw me: mestizo is such a common term, especially in the Philippines, but also for part-Dutch/part-Javanese, Vietnamese-French (in fact any situation that doesn't tread on Chinese ID, for which the Totok/Peranakan seems to trump all other concerns). It's easy to lose sight of the term's origins.
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Date: 2008-02-04 03:03 pm (UTC)Heh. Yes, of course; Mexico. I've done just about enough SEAsian Studies for this to completely throw me: mestizo is such a common term, especially in the Philippines, but also for part-Dutch/part-Javanese, Vietnamese-French (in fact any situation that doesn't tread on Chinese ID, for which the Totok/Peranakan seems to trump all other concerns). It's easy to lose sight of the term's origins.