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... Johnson (9) states at the outset of How Did You Get to Be Mexican? ...
Johnson (2) was the son of a Mexican-American mother and an Anglo father. He describes his mother and his grandmother as “two of the most ardent Mexican-American assimilationists you would ever want to meet (9). ... ”
Johnson (12) wonders whether or not his solid undergraduate record and law school entrance examination score would have been sufficient to gain him admission to the highly prestigious Harvard Law School had he not identified himself as Mexican-American on the law school admission form. ... Unlike many ethnic minorities in the United States, this Mexican-American appears to feel some sense of shame regarding the fact that his ethnicity was considered by Harvard Law School when he applied for admission. ... The demographics of Brawley are about eighty-five percent Mexican, ten percent white, and five percent other. ... Since my community is predominantly Mexican-American, I was the only “white” girl among my group of peers. ... The majority of my friends are Mexican-American and they tell me “you’re not white” or at least not like the other white people. ... I noticed though that my classmates that were immigrants strived much harder than my classmates that were 2nd or 3rd generation Mexican-American. ...
I also dated a boy for three years while in high school that was Mexican-American.
Approximate Word count = 1126
Approximate Pages = 4.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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