PBS Latino Americans, Episode 2
Recommended Readings
In the first article looks at the involvement of the KKK in San Diego from the roaring 20s to the era of Reagan in the 80s. For the second article, reflect on the legacy of the failure to ratify the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo towards Mexican-Americans and what connections to the first article can be seen with the influence of the KKK in the police department. In the third article, how are Las Pelonas countering the misogynists’ attitudes towards Latina/Hispanic women. The next article looks at how racist Jim Crow laws in the Southern US states also affected Mexican immigrants. The last article looks at the role of baseball in the Mexican-American community in Southern California.
San Diego History Center: SAN DIEGO’S KU KLUX KLAN 1920-1980
JSTOR Daily: How the LAPD Guarded California’s Borders in the 1930s
JSTOR Daily: La Pelona: The Hispanic-American Flapper
JSTOR Daily: Early Mexican Immigrants Blurred Color Lines in Southern USA
– PBS Latino Americans, Episode 2
https://www.pbs.org/latino-americans/en/watch-videos/#2365075996
- 32:05-35:18 Labor, Urban Life, Segregation
- 35:18-38:20 Culture and Americanization
- 38:20 – 47:00, 51:00 – 53:00 Depression and Deportation
Please answer the following questions related to Module 7 and write 1 paragraph for each question (4 -6 sentences).
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- What did you find most interesting/thought-provoking/upsetting?
- How does what we learned about in this module connect to current events/issues?
- How does what we learned about in this module connect to you? (this is not a literal question. think of gender roles, job specialization, trade as in shopping and technology)
