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anjilletteb

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Vasquez tells the story of Auscenscio. Which of the following best describes how he fit into American society?
 
  a. His job and schooling were related to his Mexican heritage, his language was mostly Spanish, and he was viewed as a Mexican-American.
  b. His job and schooling were related to his Mexican heritage, but he spoke English fluently, and thus people saw him as an American.
  c. His job and schooling were based on American assimilation, his language was English, but people still treated mostly as a person of Mexican descent.
  d. His job and schooling were like any middle-class American, he spoke English, and his identification was purely as an American.

Question 2

In the example of Jillian Rosenberg from this study, which best describes how she was treated in society?
 
  a. Since her name was Rosenberg, people treated her as if she was Jewish-American, despite the fact that she has half Mexican.
  b. Because of the color of her skin, people assumed she was from Mexico and treated he as if she was an illegal immigrant.
  c. In her Southern California culture, she was made to feel negative and lower-class, but at college, she was exoticized as non-white.
  d. She embraced both cultures, never felt an identity crisis' from it, and never felt any sort of discrimination or different sort of treatment.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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