Vocabulary
Component of characteristic.
What is... factor?
How many parts does an argument have?
What is four?
When were the five racial groups created and by who?
What is... the early 1970's and by Richard Nixon/ Office of Management and Budget?
Who introduces the term Blaxican?
Who is... A young girl at a San Diego convention?
What is yes?
To take from aa large quantity.
What is... cull?
The statement of the writer’s position on an issue or problem.
What is... claim?
According to the author, there is no such thing as the Hispanic race?
What is true?
What does the author say about Hispanics?
What is... you will never meet them in Latin America/ they identify with Spanish culture?
What does MENA stand for?
What is... Middle East and North Africa?
Predominant
What is... most important?
Brief stories focusing on one episode or event in a person's life.
What is anecdote?
The U.S. Census Bureau says that by the year 2060, one-third of all Americans will identify themselves as Hispanic
What is true?
Assimilation
What is... to become absorbed, influenced like those around you?
To name or give meaning to.
What is... denote?
Circumvent
What is... to bypass or go around?
Evidence
What is... details that support the reasons, such as facts, quotations, examples, anecdotes, statistics, and expert views?
What is... Mexicans were of mixed race, the diversity within them is actually seen as a strength. The intermarriage between Indian and African people in Mexico.
What is... young people think beyond traditional concepts of race?
What is the author's tone throughout the essay?
What is... he uses sarcasm, irony, exaggerations to get his point across?
Asendancy
What is... a rise in power or influence?
Mention and explain an example of irony used within the essay.
What is... when the author says "reinvented by President Richard Nixon"? That is ironic because President Nixon could not reinvent a person when in reality he just reinvented a category that applies to a person?
What does the author mean by saying "Immigrants seem to be bent on undoing America?
What is... Immigrants are changing America, they are strengthening America?
What was the author's claim in the essay?
What is... It's culture, not race, is what gives people their identity.
What does it mean to identify themselves culturally rather than racially?
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