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| | Filipino mestizo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | These specific Filipinos would all be mestizo, since 1) the European contribution was made in the recent human history of the archipelago, 2) it was not a generalised phenomenon in the overall population, and 3) the community resulting from the admixture became recognisably independent in ethnic identity, social standing, cultural practices, and linguistic heritage. |
 | | In contrast to Latin America, where Mestizos (European/Amerindian) quickly came to comprise the majority of the population, in the Philippines the combined number of all types of Filipino-mestizos never accounted for more than 40% of a population which--apart from a Chinese and Spanish minority which numbered fewer than the mestizos--was mainly and predominantly native Filipino. |
 | | Conversely, their Latino mestizo counterparts--who by then comprised the common majority of Latin America--possessed little governing influence, lived at subsistence levels, and were ruled by a well-established Spanish creole population that was to remain in power. |
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