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In response to Kelly W's question regarding the two ethnicities, I believe that it does exist. I had the opportunity to visit Mexico a number of years ago and was surprised to hear the derogatory comments made by the Mexican workers in regard to the tourists from South America, which they referred to as "Spanish". There seems to be a perception or attitude within the hispanic (or Latino) community; namely, "Spanish" descent ranks high, Mexican follows, and then the Mayans. This order in hierarchy is not that much different from the one that existed in colonial Mexico and Middle America, which placed Spaniards on top, then Spanish born in Mexico, Mestizos (Spanish/native females), Indians, then Blacks.-LisaM | In response to Kelly W's question regarding the two ethnicities, I believe that it does exist. I had the opportunity to visit Mexico a number of years ago and was surprised to hear the derogatory comments made by the Mexican workers in regard to the tourists from South America, which they referred to as "Spanish". There seems to be a perception or attitude within the hispanic (or Latino) community; namely, "Spanish" descent ranks high, Mexican follows, and then the Mayans. This order in hierarchy is not that much different from the one that existed in colonial Mexico and Middle America, which placed Spaniards on top, then Spanish born in Mexico, Mestizos (Spanish/native females), Indians, then Blacks.-LisaM | ||
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| + | One of the things that stood out to me in our reading "Genderm Race and Culture: Spanish Mexican Women in the Historiography of Frontier California" was the differentiation made between "Mexican" women and "Spanish" Women. This distinction reminded me a lot of the idea that many East Coast Americans held during this time period that "black" women were filled with lust and passion and thereful immoral while "White" women were pure and pious and the most moral of all. Only in this case the "Mexican" women were in the place of the black women and the "Spanish" women in the place of the white women".- Elizabeth Frank | ||
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| + | In Modern Problem I found it interesting that someone reported the raping of the native americans on the ranch in "A Citizen Protests the Rape of Indian Women in California". I had assumed that if the people felt that the natives were so unimportant that they wouldn't have bothered reporting or complaining about the treatment these women received even though it was appalling. I also found the reading on the Selling of Chinese Prostitutes interesting because the terms they were given were little better than the terms of slavery and even if they had an "end" in site it would get pushed back because every one gets sick and they would have a month added on for that and of course in the profession of prostitution the likelihood of getting pregnant is of course high, so that would be another year. What was the likelihood of these women ever actually gaining their freedom? -Elizabeth Frank | ||
