Child of the Half Millenium  What It Means and How It Feels to Be Mexican American

Description

An autobiographical journey of cultural awareness and acceptance by a Mexican American from South Texas who,like millions of others, grew up culturally alienated in a society which minimized his heritage. The author forcefully and credibly asserts that Mexican Americans will be empowered socially and politically only if they embrace their ethnicity instead of discarding or minimizing it as we have been taught to do. Contrary to popular belief, this identity to culture will strengthen, not weaken U.S. society, and will make it genuinely ” American.” Mexico City, Mexico, 2001 Plaza y Valdes, S.A. de CV 1st Ed., 234 Pgs., 5&1/4 x 8 Trade PB.