Is Mestiso a Good Idea?

The term mestiso has been used in genetic and geenomic studies throughout latin america, right for many decades. But now some researches are pushing back against it. For me the most problematic thing about that is that the mestizo is essentially a social construct. It is not genetically meaningful, like itd represent a group of people that share some genetic variations. And so the fact that some researchers are still using it, for some people, it's problematic because it means that they are sort of ignoring all this historical and political and social baggage that goes with the concept of mistisel and mystisate.

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