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Tag: Mendez, et al vs Westminster, et al

Ask a Mexican: Why Are Mexicans So Mean to Other Mexicans?

by Gustavo Arellano April 2nd, 2014December 16th, 2020

Dear Mexican: I’m a second-generation Orange County-raised pocho. Both sides of my family have been civil rights activists since the 1940s. My mother’s family took part in the landmark case Mendez et al. vs. Westminster et al. in 1946. My father was a Chicano activist in the 1960s and 1970s. From the time I was […]

Ask a Mexican: Are Stories About Racism Against Mexicans Exaggerated?

by Gustavo Arellano March 5th, 2014December 16th, 2020

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