Mestizaje in Latin America and Caribbean Cultures

Grisselle grew up in Boston, and this need to always explain feels different in the States than when she visits Colombia. Mestizo is the Spanish word for mixed race. In some Latin American and Caribbean cultures, mestizaje is also about mixing away blackness - basically trying to get to whiteness. Even though Grisselle looks like her family and they have similar skin tones, her hair was the most textured compared to everyone else.