Books:
• California Baptist University HIS 311 History of Minorities in America Custom Electronic Edition Slim Pack – Sage Reader
• Takaki, Ronald (2008). A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America. ** Writers have access to this book.
Read:
• Ch. 7 Foreigners in their Native Land (Takaki)
• Ch. 11 The Road Toward Contemporary Latino Politics 1500s 1970s (Sage Reader)
• Ch. 12 Hispanic Americans: Colonization, Immigration, and Ethnic Enclaves (Sage Reader)
• Ch. 13 Future of Puerto Rico (Sage Reader)
PowerPoint Lectures: See uploaded files
Assignment 1 – Application Exercise
After reading Chapter 12 Hispanic Americans: Colonization, Immigration, and Ethnic Enclaves in the Sage reader, answer the questions below in light of the readings. No outside resources. Answer each prompt, plus expansion of ideas and thoughts with examples.
• 1. Are Mexican Americans a Colonized or immigrant minority group? Both? Neither? Based on what you read, why do you conclude that opinion?
• 2. Compare Chicanismo with Black and Red Power. How and why do these protest movements differ? Describe the key ideas, leaders, and organizations of Mexican American protest.