Question

Who are “mestizos”

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is B. Mestizos were the offspring of Spanish men and Native American women.

Explanation:

The term mestizo was applied by the Spanish Empire in the sixteenth century, to name one of the "castes" or "crosses" that made up the social stratification based on the hierarchy of races, imposed in their colonies in America through the Statutes of cleanliness of blood: the son of a father or mother of "white race" and a mother or father of "Native American race".