Even prominent Morisco scholars distanced themselves from their own community’s identity

Evidence

Gossip to the effect that the “newly converted” could not hold their liquor would not have been surprising in Old Christian circles, but that Alonso del Castillo should record for us the reputation of the Moriscos for drunkenness I do find puzzling. It is almost as if Alonso del Castillo, by using this word, “Moriscos,” is seeking to distance himself from his own background. It is as if he were not in his own mind a real Morisco but something else. From his highly privileged and safe vantage point in society he must have developed very confused attitudes toward both his vulnerable fellows and his own identity. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1732

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to theme of converted minorities managing identity, similar to The Reluctant Fundamentalist’s protagonist navigating self-positioning.
• QUESTION: What specific privileges allowed a Morisco translator like Castillo to straddle communal worlds, and did other scholars do the same?