Unwanted and Not Included: The Saga of Mexican People in the United States

by Julián Segura Camacho

Overview

Unwanted and Not Included is a critical response to the social, political, and racial concerns that affect Mexican Americans. In a series of essays, Julián Camacho examines who the Mexican Americans are, and more importantly, what differentiates them from Whites, Blacks, Asians, and other immigrants from Latin America.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761835288
Publisher:	Hamilton Books
Publication date:	11/14/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	126
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.09(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Julián Segura Camacho is a lecturer in Chicano Studies at California State University, Long Beach. He holds an M.A. in Latin American Studies and an M.A. in Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles and is the author of the Societal Suicide and Chicano Treatise.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Acknowledgements Part 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1. A Racial Construct of Mexicans Chapter 4 2. A Land With a Lost Identity Chapter 5 3. Only Whites Can Speak For Us Chapter 6 4. Why Blacks are Better Off Than Mexicans Chapter 7 5. Asian Progression Chapter 8 6. Mexican Nahuatl Spanish Chapter 9 7. White Feminism Chapter 10 8. $16,000: What Affirmative Action Chapter 11 9. Inferiority Complex Chapter 12 10. Double Standards Chapter 13 11. One Mexican Saint In 483 Years Chapter 14 12. Nosotros Tambien Somos Mexicanos Chapter 15 13. Mexicans are Not Latinos Chapter 16 14. Unwanted: A Conclusion Part 17 Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

Camacho has shed some light on the trials and tribulations of Mexicans living in America…[and] vividly paints a picture of how the U.S. sees race relations strictly from a black / white paradigm. Much of the material…may not be easy to hear but needs to be addressed.

Ruben Puente

Camacho has written these stories from the heart and from everything he has experienced firsthand…These stories describe all of us who have gone through a system that makes us feel as if we don't belong…

Maricella Carmona

Unwanted and Not Included…is readable…the ideas and stories are written so they can be understood…[and] the book's direction toward indigenous people is helpful.

Gabriel Estrada

Unwanted and Not Included is a significant contribution to the small but growing field of Chicano critical thought. The themes he selects for discussion strike a strong cultural independent nerve from students that have been introduced to the usual traditional perception of Chicano cultural life. It's an intellectual, refreshing experience.

Abel Amaya