In the early decades of the Anglo-American settlement of the Southwest, a few lighter-skinned Mexican Americans in Texas, New Mexico, and California, mainly those with land and money, were treated as "honorary whites."

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During the early periods of Anglo-American settlement in the Southwest, some lighter-skinned Mexican Americans who possessed land and wealth were indeed treated as "honorary whites," allowing them a higher social status and more rights than other Mexican Americans and people of color. This was part of a broader pattern of racial classification and discrimination based on skin color and economic status.

In the Early Decades of the Anglo-American Settlement of the Southwest