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Mexican-Americans: The Invisible Minority

• 1969 ----- color ----- 37 min ----- 16mm
• Five million Mexican-Americans, our second largest and fastest growing ethnic minority, are struggling for an identity within the protest movement. The majority of Mexican-Americans are living in economic poverty in the southwestern United States because nearly 80% of the unemployed work at unskilled labor. Their children readily fall behind in an educational system designed for white, English-speaking students. Understanding the Mexican-American struggle requires an understanding of minority aspirations which include retaining a cultural identity.
• Topics: (American Ethnic Studies: Latino/Chicano, Economics, Sociology)

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