Word: mexicanization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most dramatic drop-offs occur at the upper levels. Minorities constitute more than 20% of the nation's college-age population, but according to Sheila Biddle, program officer of the Ford Foundation, they accounted for only 8% of the 31,190 Ph.D.s awarded in 1983. Blacks, Puerto Ricans, Mexican Americans and American Indians together accounted for a bare 4.4%. At the M.A. level, blacks, who make up 13% of the college-age population, were awarded 6.5% of the degrees in 1979 and 5.8% in 1981. Educators say the statistics show few signs of improvement and in many cases have been...
...week cycle which repeats itself throughout the school year. There are some minor changes from cycle to cycle--depending on the particular season. "This year we have made many changes," says Hennessey, adding that the changes include the addition of potato skins, couscous, tabouli and some kinds of Mexican food to the standard menu. "We try to find out what the students like and don't like," says Hennessey. "If the change is feasible, we make...
...these features hide the equally Texan and equally historically important characteristics which lie below the bluster and Hollywood romance that make this novel entertaining. Texans were the violent Comanche and Mexican killers that Michener made his out to be. But most of the time (in between the occassional Indian raids, Mexican Wars, American Wars, and lynchings) Texans were tackling the element that formed them--the vast, wealthy space called Texas. The land theme, however, lacks entertainment value--aneedotes about rugged Texans replacing fence posts does not make good novel material. So Michener sacrifices real education on his subject for stereotyped...
...make Texas out to be a Hollywood production. It is the most exotic place with the most exotic people in North America, but making every Texan as a most honest, least scrupulous, or add-your-own-superlative adjective variation on John Wayne just isn't real. Otto McNab, the Mexican-killingest, honestest, independentest, good-community-manest Texas Ranger is almost so absurd that the book becomes humor rather than drama. There were some pretty tough Rangers, but none so epic in every quality...
...last part of the novel would be a good text for anyone trying to understand Texas today. It is purely fictional, but it highlights the two vital Texan issues of today and tomorrow: oil generated economic expansion and the integration of Mexican Americans into Texas society. What do and will those two factors mean to Texas? Michener gives an account not only of the issues but also of the people and emotions behind them with an elegance that would put a sociologist to shame...