What are the races in the world, they know almost everything: Caucasoid, Mongoloid and Negroid. But creoles, mestizos, mulattos - these names of people belonging to mixed interracial offspring, often cause confusion among a simple layman. Not everyone can accurately and immediately say who is who, especially since there are ambiguous interpretations in scientific interpretations. In this article, we will try to answer this rather complicated question and finally figure out who is who.
Creoles
Initially, Creoles are descendants of the colonialists of the territories of America, North and South. Portuguese, Spaniards, less often the French married the local Native American population. Creoles are children from these marriages, as well as all their subsequent offspring. In different historical times, the Creole population of the continents had a great influence on various events, including in terms of gaining independence from the colonists.
In Brazil
In this country, Creoles are the descendants of black slaves and the local population. With the advent of blacks on the American continent (they were brought here by Europeans), the marriages of Indians with slaves became frequent. By the way, the recent leader of Venezuela Chavez also had a similar Afro-Native American origin. Another such offspring is called the word "sambo".
In alaska
Here, Creoles are the name of descendants from mixed bonds of Russians and representatives of the peoples of the north: Aleuts, Eskimos, and also Indians. As a variety of names - sahalyary. These are the descendants of the Russians and the Yakuts. So the son of the famous Russian pioneer Semyon Dezhnev, Lyubim Dezhnev, was a born sakhalar (or creole in the general sense), since his father was married to the Yakut Abyayakade.
Mulattos and Creoles
But a child born from a mixed marriage of representatives of the Negroid and Caucasoid races is called a mulatto. Metis, creole and mulatto are quite different in appearance, so it is quite difficult to mix. For example, the current American president is a mulatto, since he was born from a marriage of a Kenyan and a white-skinned American. Often mulattos are called those whose blood is divided in half. The origin of the word has two versions: Arabic and Spanish. So in Spain they called animal hybrids (for example, a cross between a donkey and a mare).
In turn, those with 1/4 Negro blood were called quarterons, 1/8 - octorons. One of the most famous apartment blocks is Alexander Dumas.
Mestizo
But the concept of mestizo, apparently, is the most common. In modern society, the descendants of any mixed marriages (including mulattos and creoles) are called that. The word itself comes from the French root of the words “mixed”, “mix” and goes back to the Latin root. But in some countries and regions, more local definitions of the term remained. In America, for example, mestizos are descendants of Caucasians and Indians. In Asia, this is the name of the descendants of the Mongoloids and Europeans. In Brazil - the children of the Portuguese and Tupi Indians (Mamelukes).
