Tags: Ethnic Group.
Afro-Mexicans are an ethnic group which exists in certain parts of Mexico such as the Costa Chica of Oaxaca and Guerrero Veracruz and in some cities in northern Mexico. The existence of blacks in Mexico is unknown denied or diminished in both Mexico and abroad for a number of reasons: their small numbers heavy intermarriage with other ethnic groups and Mexico’s tradition of defining itself as a “mestizaje” or mixing.