La India MaríaLa India Maraa humble and stubborn indigenous Mexican womanis one of the most popular characters of the Mexican stage, television, and film. Created and portrayed by Mara Elena Velasco, La India Mara has delighted audiences since the late 1960s with slapstick humor that slyly critiques discrimination and the powerful. At the same time, however, many critics have derided the iconic figure as a racist depiction of a negative stereotype and dismissed the