One of the foundational myths of various Latin American countries has been the integration of their populations as “mixed-race” nations. In narratives from former colonial powers, the mixing of Indigenous and European peoples is celebrated as a positive consequence of colonisation, emphasising the outcomes of cultural and population mixing. Many national narratives similarly rest on a celebration of miscegenation, often recounted with pride. Which mechanisms construct these narratives? How does the mixing of cultures and populations become a political category? In this lecture, linguist, writer, and researcher Yásnaya Elena A. Gil, an advocate for linguistic and cultural diversity, reflects on the need to establish “processes of mixing” as a category distinct from “processes of miscegenation”. This activity is part of Resident CCCB, the international residency programme of the CCCB in collaboration with the UOC and funded by the MIR-PUIG Private Foundation.