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The mexican revolution was a break with the past to recover the past. we were trying to deny we had an indian and a black and a spanish past. the mexican revolution accepted all heritages. it allowed mexico to be mestizo.
-Carlos Fuentes
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The Mexican Revolution Was A Break With

Carlos Fuentes
The mexican revolution was a break with the past to recover the past. we were trying to deny we had an indian and a black and a spanish past. the mexican revolution accepted all heritages. it allowed mexico to be mestizo.
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