This course will examine how the Mexican American identity was created beginning with the colonization of Mexico by the Spanish, through the Mexican American War, up to the present. Also examined will be the role of race in forming the stereotypes and discrimination of Mexican Americans within the United States, the cultural contributions of the Mexican Americans to the United States, and the importance of art, music, dance, religion, food, family, government within the Mexican American community.
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