AdvertisementNow Counted By Their Country, Afro-Mexicans Grab Unprecedented SpotlightFebruary 06, 2016NPR StafffacebookEmailWalter Thompson-Hernandez displays a photograph of his parents, Kerry Thompson and Ellie Hernandez. Thompson-Hernandez identifies as a "blaxican" — another term for Afro-Mexican, the identity soon to be included on the Mexican census for the first time. (Walter Thompson-Hernandez)