Word: mexicanization
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...ethnic wing of this are things like Chili's or Chevy's which serve denatured Mexican food with the same pleasant, harmless tastes as their Anglo-counterparts...
...Heymann says, the center conducted a project involving Mexican-American drug trafficking, which turned out to be largely ineffectual. Heymann says the Mexican president moved in so quickly and firmly that the center's discussions had almost no effect...
...says. In fact, 50% of the students who have signed up are Hispanic. Why the interest? The club will be teaching its members how to fill out college applications, study for the SATs and join the military. None of the school's other ethnic clubs, such as the Mexican American Engineering Society and the Black Students Union, offer such extensive services. Ramona Bejar, 17, who plans to join the Marines after graduation, has signed up. Says Bejar, who is Hispanic: "It isn't only white people who need to know how to fill out college forms. Everybody does...
...Customs Service, which intercepts large quantities of cocaine crossing the Mexican border, has taken to sending the booty to neighboring states for incineration. But the cost of transporting and guarding the shipments is prohibitive for many local police departments. As a result, state officials are considering amending the state law so cocaine can once again be burned...
...should be used with care, since it is "too often associated with large black men, implying ignorance and considered offensive in this context." Articulate could be deemed offensive "when referring to a minority . . . and his or her ability to handle the English language." Illegal alien is unkind, especially to Mexican Americans; "the preferred term is undocumented worker or undocumented resident...