Week 3 Discussion and answers
1. What were some of the other racial and ethnic groups with whom Mexican Americans shared their neighborhoods?
(6)
• Chinese, Japanese, other Asians, Russians, Jews, African Americans
2. Name one of the many factors that led to the racial segregation in the eastside barrio in Los Angeles. (5)
• whites moved to western part of city
• restrictive covenants kept “undesirables” out of white
Protestant communities
• European ethnics moved out
• Mexican migrants moved in
• high rents in developing area around plaza pushed Mexicans east
3. Describe the housing conditions and quality of life in the barrio. (7)
