Behind Afro-Mexicans’ Historic Effort to Be Counted
Behind Afro-Mexicans’ Historic Effort to Be Counted
A black activist reflects on a history-making question on Mexico's next census.
This article is adapted from AQ's special report on migration It was a long fight But Afro-Mexicans won the right to claim their heritage, and be counted as part of Mexico's population, Mónica Moreno Figueroa, co-founder of the Collective to Eliminate Racism in Mexico (COPERA) spoke to AQ about their quest, and the significance of this victory Americas Quarterly: For the first time, Mexicans had the opportunity to self-identify as Afro-Mexican, Afro-descendant or black in Mexico’s 2020 census conducted in March and April How did this occur Mónica Moreno Figueroa:...
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