Economic and Professional Performance
This is a paper that explores the economic and professional performance of Mexican-American and Chinese-Americans.
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The United States is a country rich in diversity. It is interesting to look at Chinese-Americans and Mexican-Americans and determined their professional performance, as well as their economic performance.
Mexican-Americans
Mexican-Americans are one of several groups which make up the Hispanic population in the United States, and are found mostly "in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Texas. Although there may be cultural differences, most Hispanics share North American values, including a desire for upward mobility (Coates)."
Performance
Many Mexican-Americans find their efforts to improve their economic condition challenged by their language skills and education levels. The majority of Mexican-Americans speak Spanish and understand little or no English. Education "is a serious problem, partly because many Mexican-American families are migrant workers who move from place to place, forcing the children to attend school irregularly (unknown).
They have the lowest rate of high school graduates, as evidenced by the fact that in 1970, there were few Mexican-American adults with high school diplomas.
While these numbers have improved, "by 1991 nearly one in two completed high school; they are still worse than any other group (unknown)."
Barriers in education and language result in a large number of Mexican-Americans being forced to work at low-paying jobs. These low incomes result in children providing additional support for the family, meaning "the poor education of one generation leads to the poor education of the next (unknown)."
Changes
The civil rights movement encouraged many Mexican-Americans to become politically active, and since the 1970's they...
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