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Achievement, Discrimination, and Mexican Americans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2009

Samuel J. Surace
Samuel J. Surace
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University of California, Los Angeles
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Overwhelming evidence from many sources, which covers diverse periods and aspects of life, suggests that the record of status attainment of Mexican Americans is unique among national groups in the United States. The variety of theoretical perspectives which has been used to explain the pattern of progress experienced by various national groups is not helpful in explaining why Mexican Americans depart from this pattern.

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Ethnic Discrimination
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Comparative Studies in Society and History , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 1982 , pp. 315 - 339
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Copyright © Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History 1982

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