Across Latin America, there continues to be strong resistance to the claim that racism plays a role in the production of urban space. Deemed antipatriotic, this issue remains widely unaddressed in urban planning and geography. Based on qualitative research in Bogotá and secondary literature on other Latin American cities, this article explores the afterlife of mestizaje (racial mixture) as a racial–colonial project from the viewpoint of its materialisation in the city and society–space relations. In particular, it illustrates how racism in the city is transfigured as ‘always something else’ (e.g., culture, class, regionalism, displacement) through a variety of normative, discursive and operational devices. Thus, the article confronts the need to divest from the racial hegemony of mestizaje in urban planning and geography, suggesting that it is hindering the path towards more equitable urban futures.

在整个拉丁美洲，种族主义在城市空间生产中发挥作用的说法仍然遭到强烈抵制。这个问题被认为是反爱国的，在城市规划和地理学中仍未得到广泛解决。本文基于波哥大的定性研究和其他拉丁美洲城市的二手文献，从其在城市和社会空间关系中的物质化的角度探讨了混血儿（种族混合）作为种族殖民项目的来世。特别是，它说明了城市中的种族主义如何通过各种规范、话语和操作手段被转变为“总是其他东西”（例如文化、阶级、地区主义、流离失所）。因此，本文提出了在城市规划和地理中摆脱混血儿种族霸权的必要性，并指出它正在阻碍迈向更公平的城市未来的道路。