Crowding Out Latinos

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Copyrighted Material Copyrighted Material Mexican Americans in the Public Consciousness Marco Portales Temple University Press PHILADELPHIA Copyrighted Material Temple University Press, Philadelphia 19122 Copyright © 2000 by Temple University All rights reserved Published 2000 Printed in the United States ofAmerica§ The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Portales, Marco, 1948Crowding out Latinos :Mexican Americans in the public consciousness / Marco Portales. p. cm. Includes bibliographic references and index. ISBN 1-56639-742-1 (cloth: alk. paper). - ISBN 1-56639-743-X (paper: alk. paper) 1. Mexican Americans-Public opinion. 2. Mexican Americans-Education. 3. Mexican Americans and mass media. 4. Hispanic Americans-Public opinion. 5. Hispanic Americans-Education. 6. Hispanic Americans and mass media. I. Title. E184.M5P67 2000 305.86872073-dc21 99-23808 An earlier version of chapter 4 appeared as "Hispanics and the Media" in an anthology edited by Ishmael Reed, MultiAmerica: Essays on Cultural Wars and Cultural Peace (New York: Viking Penguin, 1997). Copyrighted Material For Rita, my wonderful wife; for my son Carlos, who served four years as a proud United States Marine; and for my daughter, Marie, a recent Texas A&M graduate, all of whom dream and seek to better the lives of people wherever they are. Also, for Latinos everywhere and for all citizens of the United States, particularly Mexican Americans. May all people be persuaded that we need to work together to create a better world, especially for the less fortunate, who require help more than blame. Copyrighted Material Copyrighted Material ...