1. How did this group come to be in the U.S.? How much of this was “by choice” and how much as a result of pressure or force? Identify drivers or motivations for coming to be in the U.S.
The Mexicans came to the United States by choice in order to find a better life for themselves and their families.
2. What is the significance of the title of the chapter?
El Norte is the name that the Mexicans gave to the United States which to them meant endless possibilities.
3. What mechanisms of social construction are discussed in the chapter?
Mexicans were kept in lower jobs.
4. How did these groups resist discrimination and racialization?
Education and trying to advance in the work place.
5. Give one example in the chapter of “race” and one example of “ethnicity.” What is the difference between the two as they are discussed here?
Race would be Latino, and ethnicity would be Mexican.
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