The other American dilemma : schools, Mexicans, and the nature of Jim Crow, 1912-1953 /

The other American dilemma : schools, Mexicans, and the nature of Jim Crow, 1912-1953 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Donato, Rubén, 1955- author.
Imprint:	Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2021]
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 192 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Mexican Americans -- Education -- History -- 20th century. Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Discrimination in education -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Discrimination in education. Mexican Americans -- Education. Race discrimination. United States. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13465553

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Other authors / contributors:	Hanson, Jarrod, author.
ISBN:	9781438484549 1438484542 9781438484532 1438484534 9781438484525
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-180) and index.
Summary:	In The Other American Dilemma, Rubén Donato and Jarrod Hanson examine the experiences of Mexican immigrants, Mexican Americans, and Hispanos/as in their schools and communities between 1912 and 1953. Drawing from the Mexican Archives located in Mexico City and by venturing outside of the Southwest, their examinations of specific communities in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, and Texas shed new light on Mexicans' social and educational experiences. Donato and Hanson maintain that Mexicans?whether recent immigrants, American citizens, or Hispanos/as with deep roots in the United States?were not seen as true Americans and were subject to unofficial school segregation and Jim Crow. The book highlights similarities and differences between the ways the Mexican-origin population and African Americans were treated. Because of their mestizo heritage, the Mexican-origin population was seen as racially mixed and kept on the margins of community and school life by people in power.
Other form:	Print version: Donato, Rubén, 1955- Other American dilemma. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2021] 1438484534

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Fransisco Maestas et al. v. George H. Shone et al., 1912-1914 (with Gonzalo Guzmán)
"Porque tenían sangre de 'NEGROS,' " 1915-1916
"In these towns Mexicans are classified as Negroes," 1915-1935
Diplomatic relations to school segregation and Jim Crow
Legally white, socially "Mexican," 1930-1947
Epilogue.