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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... tion rate ) to receive a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree . Despite their citizenship and English language proficiency , the latter point suggests that later - generation Chicanos are as economically and scholasti- cally ...
... tion rate ) to receive a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree . Despite their citizenship and English language proficiency , the latter point suggests that later - generation Chicanos are as economically and scholasti- cally ...
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... tion between white and brown people . On school campuses and in my neighborhood , cholos / cholas ( male / female Mexican American gangs or so- cial cliques ) were a legitimate ethnic affiliate for some Mexican and Mex- ican American ...
... tion between white and brown people . On school campuses and in my neighborhood , cholos / cholas ( male / female Mexican American gangs or so- cial cliques ) were a legitimate ethnic affiliate for some Mexican and Mex- ican American ...
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... tion Chicanos have been characterized as different from Mexican immi- grants and their children . They have different attitudes , values , and pref- erences ; they primarily speak English , celebrate U.S. holidays , and are oriented ...
... tion Chicanos have been characterized as different from Mexican immi- grants and their children . They have different attitudes , values , and pref- erences ; they primarily speak English , celebrate U.S. holidays , and are oriented ...
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... tion to all three , recognizing how all three may influence Latino youth's success or failure , and then incorporating all three in a comprehensive plan makes available the broader opportunities other youth experience . The second moral ...
... tion to all three , recognizing how all three may influence Latino youth's success or failure , and then incorporating all three in a comprehensive plan makes available the broader opportunities other youth experience . The second moral ...
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... tion of Latino families by acknowledging the vital role they play in Latino students ' well - being and discusses specific strategies to address the rela- tionship between Latino families and schools . NOTES 1. It has not been until ...
... tion of Latino families by acknowledging the vital role they play in Latino students ' well - being and discusses specific strategies to address the rela- tionship between Latino families and schools . NOTES 1. It has not been until ...
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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