Bracero

David G. Gutierrez in The Contradictions of Ethnic Politics talks about how Mexicans were able to join the labor force following the mark of the World War II. Following this new opportunity the people who chose to take it faced challenging with their identity, they chose to identify as Mexican American but their identity would come with some issues. They were conflicted of who to identify with so by creating a new identity they thought they would be issues. But of course their were some biased and disagreements with what they thought they were just culturally assimilating to the US and leaving behind some of the Mexican culture by creating new identities like the Pachuco, Zoot Suits, and Braceros. Following this in chapter two, by Mireya Loza she discusses the Bracero Program provided a guide where intensive labor opposed with opportunities for pleasure and a different form of gender norms. Bracero sometimes chose to depart from the program, but their leave greatly affected their community. Braceros left for long periods of time …show more content…
It didn’t go as planned because of the increasing number of immigrant that did not work in the bracero program but worked along them. In attempt to control this situation, they rose the number of border patrol. The reinforcement of the border patrol and the construction of a literal fence, created a resistance with the people who lived along the border. This is significant to what we have discussed because we see that although the US and Mexico are implementing new laws programs that are said to help Mexican Americans at this time, there were also many limitations from the US side that did allow these communities to be at