Abstract

The Mexican government is currently attempting to incorporate Black Mexicans into the national cultural landscape. However, the centring of whiteness through mestizaje limits the possibilities of Black inclusion by continuing to imagine the archetypal Mexican citizen as non-Black. Therefore, a colonial inheritance of racial value continues to frame how blackness can be constituted as part of the contemporary nation. This article argues that while the War for Independence may have allowed for the imagination of a new ‘Mexican’, a colonial racial economy continues to endure. This racial economy continues to limit the possibility of citizenship for African descendants in México.

摘要

墨西哥政府目前正试图将黑人墨西哥人纳入国家文化景观。然而，通过继续将典型的墨西哥公民想象为非黑人，以mestizaje为中心的白人限制了黑人包容的可能性。因此，种族价值的殖民遗产继续限制黑人如何构成当代国家的一部分。本文认为，虽然独立战争可能允许想象一个新的“墨西哥人”，但殖民种族经济继续存在。这种种族经济继续限制非洲后裔在墨西哥获得公民身份的可能性。