CCS 111A Study Guide - Final Guide: Civil Liberties, Swing Vote, Scapegoating
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1975:significantly focused on the denial of voting rights to mex ams in the united states- 1982: vote dilution; change from intents to effects tests. Felix longoria was a mexican-american soldier, who served in the united states army during. World war ii and was buried at arlington national cemetery. but was denied wake services since felix was mexican american. People whose religion, race, sexual orientation is not visible and is hidden from what others see. When outsider express their concerns with political authorities, they can change the conditions the outsider are in by changing policies. Social control the enforcement of conformity by society upon its members, either by law or by social pressure. De jure segregation is separation enforced by law, while de facto segregation occurs when widespread individual preferences, sometimes backed up with private pressure, lead to separation. in texas it was argued that mexican. Americans were white, but were treated as a class apart from whites.
