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Chicano Indianism: a historical account of racial repression in the United States
Author(s) -
MENCHACA MARTHA
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1993.20.3.02a00070
Subject(s) - citizenship , racism , prejudice (legal term) , legislation , state (computer science) , white (mutation) , political science , race (biology) , psychological repression , gender studies , criminology , sociology , law , politics , biochemistry , chemistry , gene expression , algorithm , computer science , gene
This article offers a historical analysis of the racial repression experienced by people of Mexican origin in the U.S. legal system from 1848 to 1947. Using records of court cases and citizenship legislation, it demonstrates that from the 19th to the mid‐20th century federal and state racial laws accorded particular legal statuses to Mexicans on the basis of their racial appearance, and it concludes that Mexicans of predominantly Indian descent were more severely discriminated against than Mexicans who were classified as white. [ racism, segregation, Chicanos, American Indians, Mexican origin, race, prejudice, citizenship ]