“The legacy of unions that kept African Americans, Latinos, Chinese, and others out of factory work—redlining, exclusionary immigration policies, the looting of Mexicans' land during the Mexican-American War, deportations of Mexicans during economic downturns—all created a gap that we are still trying to close. In a country where Black Americans have been viewed as 'biologically inferior,' Mexicans as 'an ignorant "hybrid race,"' and Chinese immigrants as the 'ideal human mule,' there is far from a fair chance to access the same economic opportunities as white people.” RacismImmigrantsRace In AmericaPoc Book:You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation Source: You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation
“We are finally seeing that success doesn't have to happen outside our community or in spite of our heritage. We are rejecting the notion that success is found in whiteness because that kind of thinking has never led us anywhere good. The antidote for the poison of the oppressor is to embrace our brownness, because it is our culture that is propelling us.” MexicanAssimilationRace In AmericaPocMexican American Book:You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation Source: You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation