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Gente de razón ("people of reason" or "rational people") is a Spanish term used in colonial and modern Hispanic America to refer to Spaniards, Spanish-descended people and mestizos, perceived as educated and upper class, in contrast to the uneducated and lower-class indigenous people (indios "Indians").
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- Miranda, G. (1988). "Racial and cultural dimensions of Gente de Razón status in Spanish and Mexican California". Southern California Quarterly 70: pp. 265–278.
