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Afro-Mexican Identity and Mestizaje by bercandroid is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document summarizes an article about Afro-Mexican identity in Mexico. It discusses how nationalist ideology in Mexico promoted the idea that Mexicans are all racially mixed ("mestizos") in order to downplay black and indigenous identities. It argues this ideology made Afro-Mexicans invisible in the national consciousness. It also discusses how Mexican academics have referred to Afro-Mexicans as "afromestizos" to emphasize their mixed racial heritage and distance their experience from the larger African
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- bercandroid
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- EN