![[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.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-mexican-revolution-was-a-break-with-the-past-to-recover-the-past-we-were-t.jpg)
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