Five Generations of a Mexican American Family in Los Angeles: The Fuentes StoryRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007 M04 9 - 198 pages Despite their citizenship and English monolingualism, Mexican Americans have long been known to remain largely working class, which, academically, has meant that they tend to be mostly high school graduates, with low rates of college attendance and completion. Attempting to understand this phenomenon, Five Generations of a Mexican American Family in Los Angeles chronicles the home, work and school lives of the author's multigenerational family throughout the twentieth century. Using oral histories of 33 members across five generations, the Fuentes story illuminates the interaction between race, ethnicity and class at home, in the labor market and in schools, which circumscribe the opportunity and resources (or lack thereof) for academic success. Generally, findings show that these factors work together to reproduce the family's social standing over generations. Equally important, the analysis reveals how the persistence and strength of the Fuentes' heritage cultural values (buena educaci-n and familism) have insulated them from the continued threat of racial discrimination and economic hardship in American life. The Fuentes story provides the reader with a keen view of the process by which Fuentes' moved from immigrants to ethnic Americans, and shows how they have gracefully survived the harsh and unpredictable nature of being of a racial minority and the working class. |
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... 123 7 Fuentes ' Homes and School : Parental Involvement 137 8 Conclusion : What the Fuentes Family Teaches Us 151 Bibliography 163 Index 177 About the Author 183 Preface Statist tatistically , 59 percent of Latinos are born V Contents.
... 123 7 Fuentes ' Homes and School : Parental Involvement 137 8 Conclusion : What the Fuentes Family Teaches Us 151 Bibliography 163 Index 177 About the Author 183 Preface Statist tatistically , 59 percent of Latinos are born V Contents.
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The Fuentes Story Christina Chavez. Preface Statist tatistically , 59 percent of Latinos are born in the United States , and Latino immigrants are more likely today to make the United States their permanent residence ( M. Suárez - Orozco ...
The Fuentes Story Christina Chavez. Preface Statist tatistically , 59 percent of Latinos are born in the United States , and Latino immigrants are more likely today to make the United States their permanent residence ( M. Suárez - Orozco ...
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... percent and 52 percent , re- spectively , and more strikingly still , U.S. - born Chicanos ( 29 percent com- pletion rate ) are less likely than Mexican immigrants ( 34 percent comple- tion rate ) to receive a bachelor of arts or ...
... percent and 52 percent , re- spectively , and more strikingly still , U.S. - born Chicanos ( 29 percent com- pletion rate ) are less likely than Mexican immigrants ( 34 percent comple- tion rate ) to receive a bachelor of arts or ...
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... percent owns roughly between 9 percent and 18 percent of the moneymaking assets , like stocks , bonds , real estate , and businesses and between 56 percent and 75 percent of the assets for per- sonal use ( autos , homes , and life ...
... percent owns roughly between 9 percent and 18 percent of the moneymaking assets , like stocks , bonds , real estate , and businesses and between 56 percent and 75 percent of the assets for per- sonal use ( autos , homes , and life ...
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... percent . Ei- ther one of these trends alone is cause for concern , but in combination , they indi- cate a truly worrisome deterioration in workers ' economic welfare ” ( p . 2 ) . Surviv- ing these conditions , let alone thriving in ...
... percent . Ei- ther one of these trends alone is cause for concern , but in combination , they indi- cate a truly worrisome deterioration in workers ' economic welfare ” ( p . 2 ) . Surviv- ing these conditions , let alone thriving in ...
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African Americans Anglo attended barrio brother buena educación Carlos Fuentes Chávez Chicano English Chicano movement chil child children's schooling claimed cohort counselor Cristian daughter despite Dora eleventh grade Elisa encouraged English Erica ethnic experienced family's father fifth-generation Florencia fourth-generation members Francis Fuentes children Fuentes family Fuentes home Fuentes members Fuentes parents Fuentes's Gerald grade graduate groups high school Hispanic homework Isabel Ivan junior high Katarina kids labor market language Latino families Latino students Laura learned literacy lives Los Angeles County Lydia Mario and Manuela married Mexican American families Mexican and Mexican Mexican immigrant middle-class mother Natalie Noemi older third-generation parental involvement participants percent race racial recalled responsibility role Samuel San Fernando Valley school experience second-generation Fuentes second-generation members siblings Simon sister social Spanish Spanish language story success teachers third-generation members Timothy tion tracks Valley wanted workers working-class younger Yvette