History of Mexican Americans in Tucson

Tucson, Arizona has a Mexican American community. Tucson was majority Mexican even by the early 20th century; it had originated as a community in New Spain.[1]

According to Rodolfo F. Acuña, author of Corridors of Migration: The Odyssey of Mexican Laborers, 1600-1933, as of the mid-19th century wealthier Mexicans in Tucson had a negative attitude towards poorer Mexicans, and Acuña stated that the class division facilitated exploitation of lower class-Mexicans by non-Mexicans. At the time some members of the community criticized those who made attempts to assimilate into the U.S. by calling them "agringados" and "americanizados".[2] The ethnic European population increased by the 1870s, and members of that community had conflicts with the Mexicans.[3]

Education

The Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) offers the Mexican American Student Services (MASS).[4]

In 1879 La Sonora, according to Acuña, "promoted, indirectly at least, the teaching of Spanish in town's public schools".[2]

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See also

References
  • Sheridan, Thomas E. Los Tucsonenses: The Mexican Community in Tucson, 1854-1941 (Culture, History, & the Contemporary). University of Arizona Press, February 1, 1992. ISBN 0816512981, 9780816512980.

Notes
  1. "Los Tucsonenses: The Mexican Community in Tucson, 1854-1941" (profile page). Google Books. Retrieved on October 7, 2014.
  2. Acuña, Rudolfo F. Corridors of Migration: The Odyssey of Mexican Laborers, 1600-1933. University of Arizona Press, 2008. ISBN 0816528020, 9780816528028. p. 88.
  3. Acuña, Rudolfo F. Corridors of Migration: The Odyssey of Mexican Laborers, 1600-1933. University of Arizona Press, 2008. ISBN 0816528020, 9780816528028. p. 87-88.
  4. "Mexican American Student Services." Tucson Unified School District. Retrieved on October 7, 2014.


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