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As I recall, Hispanic American were segregated by color, same as anyone else. At LSU in the 50s here were hundreds of students from Mexico, Cuba, and other Latin countries, but all judged to be "white" if of sufficienly light complexion. In other words, "looked like they were from Spain". .
As I recall, Hispanic American were segregated by color, same as anyone else. At LSU in the 50s here were hundreds of students from Mexico, Cuba, and other Latin countries, but all judged to be "white" if of sufficienly light complexion. In other words, "looked like they were from Spain". .
There was no such thing as "Hispanic".
In Texas, Mexicans with brown skin - even very dark - were regarded as "white", and normally went to white schools and public places.
I grew up in Alabama during that time. Graduated from high school in '63.
There were only 2 races in Alabama during that time. You were Black or White. My Chinese sister was white. The Cubans, Mexicans, and other Hispanics at Auburn University were white; Black people were not admitted.
Our movie theater was not segregated. Black people were simply not admitted.
I grew up in Alabama during that time. Graduated from high school in '63.
There were only 2 races in Alabama during that time. You were Black or White. My Chinese sister was white. The Cubans, Mexicans, and other Hispanics at Auburn University were white; Black people were not admitted.
People today just refuse to believe this.
I tell people all the the time, "In the South, the Chinese were white".
There's a new wave of historical revisionism that's trying to write other ethnic groups into the history of legal segregation in the United States. They're rewriting the whole history of Texas pretending that Mexicans were minorities like black people, and they were riding on the back of the bus with blacks. It simply isn't true.
This video was the most significant to me. It shows that civil rights and integration was about black people. When integration happened, blacks were integrated. Mexicans had always been able to use the public pools.
And when this pool in question was integrated, what happened? The Mexicans got out the pool. They were startled to have to use the same pool with a black person.
Mexican-Americans faced a variety of discrimination and racism. They were called f'n wetbacks, even if their families had been here for generations, and they found it hard to get well paying jobs. My wife's family has origins in Mexico, but have been in Texas for 5 or generations, depending on which branch of the family tree you look at. My wife's aunt changed her name from Raquel to Rachel, so she wouldn't be considered Mexican - she's very light skinned and has light eyes.
After I married my wife, I was sort of shocked to learn about racism in the Mexican-American culture. Her Dad's family considered themselves Spanish, not Mexican, and looked down on my mother in law because she was "too Mexican". They also didn't think too highly of Blacks. My father in law used the n word until the day he died, and I never heard him refer to Blacks as Blacks.
I tell people all the the time, "In the South, the Chinese were white".
There's a new wave of historical revisionism that's trying to write other ethnic groups into the history of legal segregation in the United States. They're rewriting the whole history of Texas pretending that Mexicans were minorities like black people, and they were riding on the back of the bus with blacks. It simply isn't true.
Yes, Mexicans might be labeled "white" but were not treated as such
Yes, Mexicans might be labeled "white" but were not treated as such
And yes I grew up in a small south Texas town.
The question then comes into play were those of known say Italian background treated as "white" when among "WASP" without any colored folks to focus prejudice on?
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