Becoming Mexipino
Multiethnic Identities and Communities in San Diego
Publication Year: 2012
Published by: Rutgers University Press
Cover
Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
Acknowledgments
I can honestly say this project began the day I was born. As a child, I never fully understood what my experience as a Mexipino meant, other than being instilled with a sense of pride for both my cultures. I grew up eating both Mexican and Filipino food and observed the interactions of my relatives at...
Introduction: Mexicans, Filipinos, and the Mexipino Experience
On March 15, 2008, Manny Pacquiao and Juan Marquez squared off for the WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the world. The fight was held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight between Filipino boxer Pacquiao...
1. Immigration to a Rising Metropolis
When Jesus “Chuey” Garcia came to the United States in 1927 from Guanajuato, Mexico, he ended up working as a cook for twenty-five cents an hour at an El Paso restaurant. From there, he migrated to San Diego, where he worked picking tomatoes and celery for fifteen...
2. The Devil Comes to San Diego: Race and Spatial Politics
In 1928, Filipino writer (and later World War II veteran) Manuel Buaken came to the United States to seek an education and make a place for himself in his newly adopted country. Upon his arrival, he obtained a job working at a Los Angeles restaurant. However, when he sought housing...
3. Survival and Belonging: Civil Rights, Social Organizations, and Youth Cultures
In San Diego during the twentieth century, racial segregation and the specter of discrimination facilitated the need for Mexicans and Filipinos to turn inward and build their own social worlds within larger multiracial spaces. Within these spaces Mexicans and Filipinos...
4. Race and Labor Activism in San Diego
In 1936, Mexican and Filipino celery workers in Chula Vista, the southern area of San Diego County, struck against the Chula Vista Vegetable Exchange. Although functioning as separate ethnic unions, the Mexican Union of Laborers, the Filipino Labor Union, and the Field...
5. Filipino-Mexican Couples and the Forging of a Mexipino Identity
When Felipa Castro met Ciriaco “Pablo” Poscablo in San Diego, little did she know the impact their marriage would have on their family for generations to come. Born and raised in Baja California, Mexico, Felipa migrated with her family to Tijuana, then made her way north...
Epilogue
Since 1965, the Filipino and Mexican communities have undergone a series of demographic, geographic, and economic changes. The 1965 Immigration Act, for example, abolished all national origins quotas, allowing for increased immigration of both Filipinos and...
E-ISBN-13: 9780813553269
E-ISBN-10: 0813553261
Print-ISBN-13: 9780813552835
Print-ISBN-10: 0813552834
Page Count: 256
Illustrations: 21 photographs, 3 maps, 5 tables
Publication Year: 2012
OCLC Number: 787844020
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