Achievement, Discrimination, and Mexican Americans
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- ethnic discrimination
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Comparative Studies in Society and History
- Vol. 24 (2) , 315-339
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0010417500009944
Abstract
Overwhelming evidence from many sources, which covers diverse periods and aspects of life, suggests that the record of status attainment of Mexican Americans is unique among national groups in the United States. The variety of theoretical perspectives which has been used to explain the pattern of progress experienced by various national groups is not helpful in explaining why Mexican Americans depart from this pattern.Keywords
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