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Word: hemeregildo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2009-2009
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...races that are most discriminated against here are the blacks and the indigenous - but it is more accepted against blacks," says Hemeregildo Fernandez, a doctor in Yanga and one of the few blacks still living in town. His office is tucked on a narrow street that juts off the main square, where the rotund man with warm brown skin and salt-and-pepper hair receives a fluctuating stream of patients. The majority of the black Mexican population works in agriculture, fishing or construction, and while, like Fernandez, some have achieved notable positions in coastal towns, he says, "Most blacks have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blacks in Mexico: A Forgotten Minority | 9/15/2009 | See Source »

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