Packet C: Bonus 20
This concept, traditionally contrasted with the white supremacy of blanqueamiento, has recently been criticized as a cover for racism in books like Federico Navarrete’s Racist Mexico. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Spanish term. This abstract noun refers to the concept of racial mixture forming the core of Latin American national identities, often typified by the children of Malinche and Cortés.
ANSWER: mestizaje (“may-stee-ZA-hay”)
[10m] Prior to the celebration of mestizaje, racial mixtures in the colonial period were depicted and distinguished in this genre of painting, whose titles include phrases like “from an Indian and a mestiza, a coyote.”
ANSWER: castas [or caste paintings]
[10e] Whites born in the New World formed this second-highest caste behind Spanish-born peninsulares. Contact languages with native speakers, such as the everyday languages of Haiti and Jamaica, share their name with this caste.
ANSWER: creoles [or criollos (“cree-YO-lohs”)]
<DM, World History> | Packet C - Virginia Tech A, Waterloo A, UCSD A, UBC A
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 38% | 38% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago C | Northwestern B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Illinois A | Chicago D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |