Several community based organizations have played signigicanct roles in the Mexican American struggles for civil rights. Select one of the organizations discussed in the text and discuss how its activity influenced Mexican American civil rights. Discuss what these events had in common and how they affected Anglo-Mexican relations. Chapter Nine 1. Explain and criticize the approach that argues that the Mexican American culture is the explaination for the wordly success or lack of it for Mexican Americans.
Language is an important element of cultural identity.
Although Mexican Americans in general sjhow higher levels of cuultural, secondary, primary, and marital assimilation than they did in the past, it seems unlikely that the differences between Mexican Americans and Anglos will soon disappear. Identify areas in which Mexican Americans are not assimilating and explain why assimilation in those areas is not occurring rapidly. Chapter Ten 1. Discuss the various ways that Blacks resisted slavery and oppression from 1619-1954. Booker T. Washington and W. E. Du Bois agreed that Blacks should be economically independent from Whites but they disagreed on the strategies Blacks shouls take.