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AFTER READING THE ATTACHED PDF:Answer these questions as a discussion post and include in-text
AFTER READING THE ATTACHED PDF:Answer these questions as a discussion post and include in-text page# citations from PDF (page #’s)
-What type of representation according to Montejano did Mexican Americans have in the 1950s in San Antonio?
-What is the author’s take on desegregation in San Antonino, official vs. reality?
-How does the author describe racial tolerance in San Antonio in the 1950s and 1960s? What are some examples he uses?
-How did the post-war environment affect the fight for Mexican American civil rights and race relations in San Antonio?
-What aspects of the Mexican American response in the post-war period concerning activism are similar to those we encountered with African Americans?
-What role did service in war play?
-Describe the relationship and differences between more conservative/or moderate Mexican American activists such as those with LULAC (or the GI Forum) and those of the Chicano Movement.
-Often in popular culture movements like the Chicano Movement (and also black power) are portrayed as violent; what does Montejano argue about the role of the Chicano Movement in relation to gang violence? Give some context and detail.
