In the production of the ladino the white element has almost always been represented by the father […]

Yolanda's fluctuation between mestizo and ladino is symptomatic of this analytical dilemma. Her inclination to embrace mestizaje signals a deep process of social change underway, in which critical ladino / mestizo self-making has played [a part...]

Differentiated from both mulat(t)o and ladino, mestizo/mestico references specifically the mixing of white and Indian, whether phenotypically (simply in terms of the offspring of mixed intercourse) or culturally, and even linguistically.

[A]lthough almost all Pedranos consider themselves fully Mayan, many have some European and Ladino ancestry, stemming especially from prior generations when Spanish authorities governed the town.

Ladino

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