Afro-Mexicans finally got the recognition they were striving for years on the Mexican census in 2020. This marks the first time the country is counting its Afro-Mexican population, which provides official recognition for the people who were often overlooked in the Mexican cultural picture.
The Afro-Mexican population has long fought for recognition in a mestizo country, where lighter skin color is often shown in social advancement and higher incomes, according to The Guardian report.
This year s census is being collected throughout March. Meanwhile, a 2015 survey from Mexico s statistics institute estimated the Afro-Mexican population at 1.3 million.
Observers are seeing the census to put together a total of around two million, mostly in Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Veracruz states.