Casta, Corporate Identity
A Casta was a hierarchical system of race classification created by Spanish elites in Hispanic America during the eighteenth century. The system de Castas or the societies with Castas was used in 17th and 18th centuries in Spanish America and Spanish Philippines to describe as a whole and socially rank the mixed-race people. Created by European elites, the Sistema de Castas or the societies de Castas, was based on the principle that people varied largely due to their birth, colour, race and origin of ethnic types. The system of Castas was more than socio-racial classification. It had an effect on every aspect of life, including economics and taxation. 1. Animal or vegetal species. 2. Quality. 3. Generation. 4. Breed. 5. Nature.