08-05-2007, 03:39 PM | #1 |
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Mormon Colonists in Mexico
if someone has access to this article, can they tell me what it's about?
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=001...3E2.0.CO%3B2-K |
08-05-2007, 05:16 PM | #2 | |
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I'd be interested in this too. My grandma was born in Colonia Juarez. I've always thought it was interesting that they were continuing to perform Church-sanctioned plural marriages in Mexico after the manifesto. Also, I've often wondered whether I could be considered 1/4th Mexican, since my grandma grew up in Mexico and was a Mexican citizen. I don't think I qualify as an underrepresented minority, but I also know all kinds of people with last names like "Pennington" who don't seem hispanic and qualify, so why shouldn't I? |
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I'm in the same boat. My grandfather walked across the border after Pancho Villa burned down his house. I have a copy of his (Mexican) birth certificate in case I have to try to nail down a minority scholarship. I have no qualms about it - ethnicity is a social construct. Here's a selection from the article that gives the gist: Quote:
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08-05-2007, 05:34 PM | #4 |
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Yes, Hispanic is not considered a race. It is an ethnicity.
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