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The Chinese Mestizos
1media/Copy.pngmedia/Intramuros Header.png2016-03-18T12:14:02-07:00Caroline Franka1a5e7e9a2c3dba76ecb2896a93bf66ac8d1635e840155by Richard T. Chu, University of Massachusetts, Amherst The Chinese Mestizos of Spanish Colonial Manila: Becoming "Filipino" or "Chinese" under American Colonial Ruleimage_header2016-05-06T06:24:37-07:00Isabella Betita7d0d562afdd86f5d0b9bdd6b47254a8bdbcb5fa5As a result of Spanish efforts to Christianize the Philippines, a “third” ethnic group known as the Chinese mestizo was created in Manila and in many urban centers. These Chinese mestizos were offspring of unions between Chinese men and local women. They identified themselves as largely Hispanic and Catholic, although some were also Sinicized. With the coming of the U.S. colonial masters and the imposition of nation-based identities, Chinese mestizos “disappeared” and became either “Filipino” or “Chinese.” However, intermarriages persisted and the “Chinese mestizo” did not completely disappear. Instead, they appeared in alternative forms of identification that are continuously contested and negotiated.
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12016-03-25T11:34:08-07:00Isabella Betita7d0d562afdd86f5d0b9bdd6b47254a8bdbcb5fa5Policies of Exclusion5plain2016-05-06T09:09:34-07:00Isabella Betita7d0d562afdd86f5d0b9bdd6b47254a8bdbcb5fa5
12016-03-25T11:51:54-07:00Isabella Betita7d0d562afdd86f5d0b9bdd6b47254a8bdbcb5fa5Chinese Mestizo: To Be “Filipino” or “Chinese”2plain2016-04-10T18:38:10-07:00Isabella Betita7d0d562afdd86f5d0b9bdd6b47254a8bdbcb5fa5