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Author Donato, Rubén, 1955- author.

Title The other American dilemma : schools, Mexicans, and the nature of Jim Crow, 1912-1953 / Rubén Donato and Jarrod Hanson.

Publication Info. Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 192 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-180) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Fransisco Maestas et al. v. George H. Shone et al., 1912-1914 (with Gonzalo Guzmán) -- "Porque tenían sangre de 'NEGROS,' " 1915-1916 -- "In these towns Mexicans are classified as Negroes," 1915-1935 -- Diplomatic relations to school segregation and Jim Crow -- Legally white, socially "Mexican," 1930-1947 -- Epilogue.
Summary In The Other American Dilemma, Rubén Donato and Jarrod Hanson examine the experiences of Mexican immigrants, Mexican Americans, and Hispanos/as in their schools and communities between 1912 and 1953. Drawing from the Mexican Archives located in Mexico City and by venturing outside of the Southwest, their examinations of specific communities in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, and Texas shed new light on Mexicans' social and educational experiences. Donato and Hanson maintain that Mexicans?whether recent immigrants, American citizens, or Hispanos/as with deep roots in the United States?were not seen as true Americans and were subject to unofficial school segregation and Jim Crow. The book highlights similarities and differences between the ways the Mexican-origin population and African Americans were treated. Because of their mestizo heritage, the Mexican-origin population was seen as racially mixed and kept on the margins of community and school life by people in power.
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Subject Mexican Americans -- Education -- History -- 20th century.
Mexican Americans -- Education.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Race discrimination.
United States.
Discrimination in education -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Discrimination in education.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Hanson, Jarrod, author.
Other Form: Print version: Donato, Rubén, 1955- Other American dilemma. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2021] 1438484534 (OCoLC)1229028328
ISBN 9781438484549 (electronic book)
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9781438484532 (hardcover)
1438484534 (hardcover)
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