Race in Latin American
by Young Myk
1. Representation
1.1. Push for blackness and Black representatives helped level racial playing field
1.1.1. The impact of the black movement appearance exposed racial inequalities and destroyed the myth of racial democracy.
1.1.2. Development of Black organization was the work of self identifying Black intellects who were university students and graduates influenced by radical movements in Latin America and elsewhere.
1.1.3. The constitutional reform "helped the cause of people seeking to push blackness into the political arena."
1.2. Afro Mexicans not represented as ethnic group.
1.2.1. "We no longer want to be detained by security agents in our own country who say that in Mexico there are no blacks"