[ANT 322M] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (16 pages long!)
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There are umbrella terms used to refer to latin american immigration. But sometimes they do (it"s a class issue. : history of colonization of spanish empire throughout latin. In some places they intermarried with indigenous population: mexico became mestizo. Ex: cuba and puerto rico had blending of spanish, Black and indian: mexico also practiced it. But the church was very influential and they didn"t support slavery. They also developed a system that stop having women imported, therefore enslaved men married indian women. The slave trade was minimal in comparison to the rest of latin america. Earliest group incorporated into the us, also the largest. Puerto rican: mexican american, main groups that migrated, mexican american. They tend to be racialized as part of the latino community. 12. 3 million or 24. 3% of the total 50. 5 million latinos. Includes both immigrant and u. s. born: non-mexican puerto rican or cuban ancestry. 83% are of mexican origin: other under 1 million.