The article discussed the recognition that Indigenous Mexican immigrants are a growing population in the US, but are continuously made invisible. The authors claim that it is important to recognize that although there may be a small difference between these indigenous immigrants and other immigrants in adaptation, their diasporic qualities in culture and language make them stand out as their own group and should not be overlooked. Many of the authors’s sub-claims connect the cultural behavior, linguistic difference, and their ethnic upbringing as support to why indigenous Mexican immigrants should be recognized. One of the authors’s sub-claims state that distinction between indigenous Mexicans resembles that of Americans and Native Americans,
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There was a total of three different authors in this journal entry. Vanessa Stevens has PhD in “Language, Reading, and Culture” and her area of focus is in Indigenous education (Stevens, O’Connor, Casanova pg22). She focuses on preparing teachers for “diversity in rural contexts and Indigenous negotiations” (Stevens, O’Connor, Casanova pg22). Both Sakias Casanova and Brendan O’Connor are assistant professors at Arizona State University and focus on Transborder studies. They have written recent articles on behavioral sciences and “education, language, and identity,” respectively (Stevens, O’Connor, Casanova pg22). This article is not geared towards the general audience, but instead for educated people that are interested in Indigenous Mexicans, as well as, informing fellow peers and contribution to the topic of Indigenous Mexicans being part of a different and separate ethnic group. This article has limitations and the authors even recognize the holes in their work. One for instance is that once Indigenous Mexicans come to the US they use this chance to recreate themselves and rejecting the indigenous identity. This contradicts the point that indigenous Mexicans are their own ethnic group within the Mexican ethnicity because they are rejecting both entirely. Another limitation is that just studying individual experiences can distract from the study of the entire
There was a total of three different authors in this journal entry. Vanessa Stevens has PhD in “Language, Reading, and Culture” and her area of focus is in Indigenous education (Stevens, O’Connor, Casanova pg22). She focuses on preparing teachers for “diversity in rural contexts and Indigenous negotiations” (Stevens, O’Connor, Casanova pg22). Both Sakias Casanova and Brendan O’Connor are assistant professors at Arizona State University and focus on Transborder studies. They have written recent articles on behavioral sciences and “education, language, and identity,” respectively (Stevens, O’Connor, Casanova pg22). This article is not geared towards the general audience, but instead for educated people that are interested in Indigenous Mexicans, as well as, informing fellow peers and contribution to the topic of Indigenous Mexicans being part of a different and separate ethnic group. This article has limitations and the authors even recognize the holes in their work. One for instance is that once Indigenous Mexicans come to the US they use this chance to recreate themselves and rejecting the indigenous identity. This contradicts the point that indigenous Mexicans are their own ethnic group within the Mexican ethnicity because they are rejecting both entirely. Another limitation is that just studying individual experiences can distract from the study of the entire