ES 323 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mexican Americans, Gringo, Cultural Assimilation
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How does his family"s socioeconomic status impact his cultural identity & his self-image, class is a much more useful frame through which to understand a person"s identity than race. Identifies much more strongly as middle class than as mexican american b. i. Rodriguez realizes that, despite their shared race, they have almost nothing in common ii. That is only to say that my complexion assumes its significance from the context of my life. I stress the point because i know there are people who would label me disadvantaged because of my color. They make the same mistake i made as a boy, when i thought a disadvantaged life was circumscribed by particular occupations. But i was not one of los pobres . Is he a supporter of cultural assimilation or cultural resistance: supporter of assimilation (in a sense) -- wants the two to remain separate i. ii. iii.
