Land of the cosmic race : race mixture racism and blackness in Mexico Mapping the Veracruz race color terminological terrain Beneath the surface of mixed race identities Mestizos attitudes on race mixture Inter color couples and mixed color families in a mixed race society Situating blackness in a mestizo nation Silencing and explaining away racial discrimination Whats at stake : racial common sense and securing a Mexican national identity Epilogue : the turn of the twenty first century : an ideological shift