In Martha Menchaca’s sixth chapter she focuses on the events proceeding the Mexican War for Independence and the results of the racial legislation passed. One of the components of the legislation changes she mentions with greater emphasis is that that Indians, mestizos, free afro-mestizos and whites were given citizenship status and political rights. She does signal to the fact that although the legislation changed it did not mean the change occurred within the people. Her claim being that the alleged change implemented was not functional since the people like the afro-mestizos where not treated the same as the other citizens. It aids to what we have been discussing in lecture with the changes being implemented to help the citizens that are
