What is a "Mestizo"?
A Mestizo is a mixed race. Primarily making up of Indigenous Americans and Whites, although it is not uncommon for a Mestizo to have a smaller percentage of Black blood as well.
How "Mestizos" Came To Be
Obviously, Mestizo is not a pure blooded race. It is a mixed race... so how did they grow to be so big in numbers? Well, when the Europeans came to America, only males came... and they're men, they get horny. It sounds disturbing, and it is, but many Native women were raped, thus bringing Mestizos into the world. This happened for a long time, some tribes didn't accept Mestizos, so most Mestizos reproduced with there own, some Mestizos reproduced with other Natives, making Cholos, and some reproduced with other Europeans, creating Castizos.
Where Are "Mestizos" Found?
Mestizos make up most of Central America, and Mexico, as well as a good portion of South America. At the end of 2012, Mestizos made up the majority (most people of that race, not necessarily over 50%) of these countries;
- Honduras - 90%
- El Salvador - 86%
- Paraguay - 80%
- Ecuador - 72%
- Nicaragua - 69%
- Panama - 68%
- Chile - 65%
- Mexico - 60%
- Guatemala - 59%
- Belize - 50%
- Columbia - 49%
- Peru - 47%
What Do "Mestizos" Look Like?
Because Mestizo is a mixed race, there features vary heavily.
- Skin: Can be quite light, or quite dark. Most Mestizos have an olive toned complexion however.
- Eyes: A big majority of Mestizos will have almond eyes, which are eyes that are slanted to a degree, and not the biggest eyes. Sometimes droopy eye lids. They look like a mix between the stereotypical "white eye" and "Asian eye" mixed.
- Head Shape: Head shapes vary, but the average Mestizo has a round head, with wide cheekbones, meaning you can see cheekbones popping out the side of there head a bit.
- Nose: Noses are one of the things like vary the most. Some Mestizos have very flat noses, or pointy noses, as well as wide noses, or thin noses.
- Lips: Like noses, lips vary a bunch as well. Some Mestizos have big lips that stick out a lot, while others have thin lips that are flat... a good portion of medium sized lips though.
- Hair: The majority of Mestizos have either wavy or curly hair, but again, hair varies through texture and color as well. Mestizos can have bone straight hair (a lot do) or afro-texture hair as well. Most Mestizos have a soft black hair color, meaning the hair is black, but when the sun shines on it, it can appear brown.