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all the races. After the Mexican Revolution the government, in its attempts to create an unified Mexican identity with no racial distinctions, adopted and actively promoted the "mestizaje" ideology.

Etymology

The Spanish word mestizo is from Latin mixticius, meaning . Its usage was documented as early as 1275, to refer to the offspring of an Egyptian ("Hamite") and a Canaanite

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