Afromexicans: the forgotten people

ISBN

979-13-87631-25-3

Fecha de publicación

27-12-2024

Licencia

D. R. © copyright 2024. Jimmy Felix Armenta, Lizbeth Felix Miranda, Aida Alvarado Borrego.
Fuente de Cristal 2334, Fuentes del Bosque, 81229 Los Mochis, Sinaloa. México.

Magdaleno Manzanárez
Western New Mexico University
0009-0004-3058-5684
Julieta Altamirano Crosby
Western New Mexico University
Laurence Armand French
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
0000-0003-1747-3341

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Two hundred years ago Mexicans of African descent were erased from their country’s history. It was the result of immediate political decisions and the continuation of deep-rooted sociocultural beliefs that fostered and developed an ideology for the building of the Mexican nation.
Right after winning its independence, Mexico achieved a milestone by proscribing the twin evils of colonial rule: the caste system and slavery. These social stratifications were part of New Spain’s three hundred years rule, but once the emerging nation gained its independence it set out to build a more egalitarian society. However, while trying to attain a just society it failed to recognize the presence and contributions of a third group. The Mexican nation was not, is not, the result of a mestizaje composed only of two broad groups: the Indigenous and the Spanish. In fact, the Afromexican people were an integral part of the nation-building.

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