By the start of the 1920s, the U.S. workforce was almost equally divided between those who worked in the agriculture (40 percent) and those who did not (45 percent), including manufacturing (26 percent) and transportation (19 percent). By the end of the decade, 51 percent of the Mexican population lived in urban areas. The increased visibility of Mexicans in the southwestern cities set off racist behavior among Europe-Americans. At the same time, differences emerged within the Mexicans community from different generations, classes, birthplaces, and assimilation patterns: these differences impacted how Mexicans responded to the majority society.
The growth of Mexicans and their move to cities put them in harm’s way, and in clear view of the nativist. During the 1920s, many business leaders continued the line that to …show more content…
The large presence of Mexican-born immigrants reinforced Mexican culture and the Spanish language, and affected the cultural identity of those born in the United States. Mexican immigrants were poor and from the interior of Mexico. They tend to be darker than Mexicans from the Border States. Many Mexican political refugees fleeing the Mexican Revolution in 1913 considered themselves culturally and even racially superior to poor Mexican immigrants as well as middle-class Mexican Americans. The Mexican middle class was better educated than the Mexican American middle class. The Mexican elites’ called Mexican Americans who had been Americanized Pocho. Greasers were a term used for both Mexican born and Mexican Americans. The divide between the two groups varied not only from class to class, but also from region to region and from state to state. Californios exhibited biases toward the Mexicans and did not relate to them politically, socially, or
The growth of Mexicans and their move to cities put them in harm’s way, and in clear view of the nativist. During the 1920s, many business leaders continued the line that to …show more content…
The large presence of Mexican-born immigrants reinforced Mexican culture and the Spanish language, and affected the cultural identity of those born in the United States. Mexican immigrants were poor and from the interior of Mexico. They tend to be darker than Mexicans from the Border States. Many Mexican political refugees fleeing the Mexican Revolution in 1913 considered themselves culturally and even racially superior to poor Mexican immigrants as well as middle-class Mexican Americans. The Mexican middle class was better educated than the Mexican American middle class. The Mexican elites’ called Mexican Americans who had been Americanized Pocho. Greasers were a term used for both Mexican born and Mexican Americans. The divide between the two groups varied not only from class to class, but also from region to region and from state to state. Californios exhibited biases toward the Mexicans and did not relate to them politically, socially, or