Word: mexican-american
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Mondale's most influential backer may be San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros, Texas' numero uno Hispanic leader. Cisneros says that Mondale's "personal relationships" within the state's Mexican-American community, many dating back almost two decades, "engender a deep-seated loyalty that is hard to counter in a caucus environment." Because of rigorous voter-registration efforts, there may soon be almost 1 million Hispanics on the rolls, twice as many as in 1976. They will make up about a fifth of the voter turnout, and Mondale could win as many as three out of four...
...many years before the U.S. elects a black President-or, for that matter, a Mexican-American President or a Korean-American President. But it now becomes thinkable for a black child to entertain a fantasy that used to be advertised as every white boy's dream: that he might grow up to be President...
...urban war between street gangs and witnesses rages especially hi Los Angeles, large sections of which are under siege by black and Mexican-American gangs. "We don't have a lot of witnesses killed," says Detective Joe Suarez of the L.A.P.D.'s gang squad, "because a lot of them never come forward." The gangs consider it a matter of honor to go after any witnesses if one of their members is arrested. As a result, says Suarez, "we may have a murder committed in broad daylight in front of 20 people, and suddenly those 20 people go blind...
...there recruiting for Harvard, and I answered that there are some Latin American professors, but no Mexican-American or Puerto Rican faculty and added that there are some Black professors. But the question disarmed me; I didn't expect such perception and bluntness from a high school student. Later I realized how inadequate my response had been...
...drama chronicles the Texas Rangers' 11-day, 450-mile manhunt of Gregorio Cortez, a Mexican-American cowhand accused of killing a sheriff in 1901. Cortez was eventually captured and sentenced to 50 years in prison, though his attorney proved later that the confrontation and killing had been a mistake--the result of a misinterpretation of Spanish. Cortez' struggle became a legend, and a ballad hailing him is still sung in the Rio Grande Valley...