SOC 019 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Panethnicity, Bracero Program, United Farm Workers

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 019
• Professor: Matsumoto

Document Summary

Pan-ethnicity: latino->the ethnicity given to a group by the dominant group. 2010: 50 mill. (16%+ of the u. s. population) Half live in 2 states: california and texas. (cid:862)push-pull(cid:863) factors: Forces that encourage migration from one place to another. (cid:862)push(cid:863): dis(cid:272)ourage(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of re(cid:373)ai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g i(cid:374) the (cid:272)ou(cid:374)try of origi(cid:374). (cid:862)pull(cid:863): i(cid:374)du(cid:272)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts to seek a (cid:271)etter life else(cid:449)here. Hispanic household incomes are less than whites but larger than blacks. Hispanic poverty rate is higher than black americans. The high school dropout rate for latinos is significantly higher than both white and black americans. 3(cid:1011)% lati(cid:374)os do(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:373)plete high s(cid:272)hool (general population 14%) 13% latinos hold a ba (28% of general population. U. s. born hispanics generally do better than the foreign-born. Mexican aliens entered the u. s. on temporary visas and then returned to mexico after the harvest. Have been seen as expendable labor. (cid:862)chi(cid:272)a(cid:374)o(cid:863) po(cid:449)er: Advocacy for better wages and working conditions for migrant laborers. New york has the largest concentration of puerto ricans.