what's interesting is that when i showed this information to a couple of mexican friends of mine, they *still* didn't believe that black mexicans existed. their reactions were "well, they're just in veracruz" or "there are no black people in *my* family". i think some mexicans are in a state of denial about their african ancestry.
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