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Census questionnaire, and you will get to be more specific about your ancestry, such as Mexican-American, Cuban or Puerto Rican.
The News Tribune Blogs newstips@thenewstribune.com (COLE COSGROVE; Staff 2010
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Its six schools, educating approximately 5,000 students, were overwhelmingly white, 18 percent Mexican-American and less than 1 percent African-American.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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More than five million free Americans, a large percentage of whom were conscripted, participated in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and the Civil War.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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The residents were predominantly of Mexican-American descent: approximately 90 percent of the student population was Mexican-American and more than 6 percent was African-American.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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Richard Rodriguez, a Mexican-American writer in his book "Hunger of Memory" suggests that the public language must be one that unites us all and that must be English.
Agustin Duran: What a Shame, You Do Not Speak 'Your Own Language' Agustin Duran 2011
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Richard Rodriguez, a Mexican-American writer in his book "Hunger of Memory" suggests that the public language must be one that unites us all and that must be English.
Agustin Duran: What a Shame, You Do Not Speak 'Your Own Language' Agustin Duran 2011
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She didn't find a link between favoritism and problems in youth adjustment or parent-child relationships, suggesting that sibling rivalry is very "culture bound" and more related to a culture of individualism in the USA than the Mexican-American culture, which is more "communally oriented."
Mom's favoritism can affect kids, sibling rivalry as adults 2010
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Think of that strategy as our economic Mexican-American War--and if there are hipsters who are respectful of the old guard, like the San Patricios that joined our side against the invading Yankees so long ago, then I say embrace their ranks, pound a PBR with them, and teach them the secrets of scaring insufferable hipsters away from the barrio by blasting Banda El Recodo at all hours of the noche.
Gustavo Arellano: ¡ASK A MEXICAN!: Puto Stuff Gustavo Arellano 2012
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“Both the percentage and the number of black and Mexican-American law students declined” from 1993 to 2008, a new Columbia Law School study has found.
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Richard Rodriguez, a Mexican-American writer in his book "Hunger of Memory" suggests that the public language must be one that unites us all and that must be English.
Agustin Duran: What a Shame, You Do Not Speak 'Your Own Language' Agustin Duran 2011
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