Date of Award
5-2017
Degree Type
Thesis
Department
Political Science
Director of Thesis
Kimberly Simmons
First Reader
Terrance Weik
Second Reader
Terrance Weik
Abstract
In light of the Mexican government’s concession to include “Afro-descendant” as an ethnic category in the 2015 Intercensal Survey, this thesis project aims to: 1) understand the contributions and experience of Afro-Mexicans within Mexican society, 2) understand the importance of official recognition as an ethnic group, 3) understand why, relative to the rest of Latin America, Mexico took so long to officially recognize its Afro-descendant population, 4) analyze the Afro-Mexican movement towards recognition, paying particular attention to its composition and strategy and 5) determine what recognition in the intercensal survey means for the future of the movement, the Afro-Mexican population and Mexican society as a whole.
First Page
1
Last Page
43
Recommended Citation
Medina, Kimberly, "Afro-Mexicans and the Struggle for Recognition" (2017). Senior Theses. 212.
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/senior_theses/212
Rights
© 2017, Kimberly Medina