Colombian Liberals Believed in "Mestizaje," an Ideology Used to Justify

question 25

Multiple Choice

Colombian Liberals believed in "mestizaje," an ideology used to justify the

• A) abolition of racial hierarchies bequeathed by Spanish colonialism.
• B) rich diversity of indigenous ethnic and racial identities.
• C) abolition of compulsory tithes and ecclesiastical fueros.
• D) redistribution of indigenous and African communal lands to hacendados.

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