The positive
and negative implications of the decision are revealed in the aftermath of
the Alvarez decision. As the article by Espinosa tells, "the Lemon Grove
case ultimately helped defeat the Bliss Bill in the California legislative,
which attempted to reclassify Mexicans as Indians so that they could be
legally segregated under California laws of the time." (Espinosa, 2) This
demonstrates that even as the decision helped to build the legal groundwork
to protect Mexicans against this discrimination, it also left much to be
desired in terms of casting a broader impact on questions of racial
segregation in the United States. It would not have the same all-
encompassing effect of Brown v. The Board of Education two decades hence.
4. Relation to Course Topics:
5. Historical Context
The accomplishment is also revealing of the patterns which often have
pushed aside the barriers to Civil Rights. Such is to say that it is
frequently in a time of heated battle on an issue that the greatest strides
will be made. Quite to the point, the Lemon Grove Incident would be
prompted by actions taken in a racially charged era and atmosphere. With
the onset of the Great Depression, American laborers began to view with
hostility and suspicion the immigrants flooding over the borders from
Mexico themselves in search of opportunity in a time of grave economic
stagnancy. Accompanied by a history of racial bigotry, this hostility
would take on a powerful form in legislation, public discourse and media-
distributed propaganda. Alvarez tells that the newspapers played a direct
role in stoking the flames of scapegoating against those of racial and
national difference. The Alvarez article reports that "by January 1931,
the Los Angeles press which was distributed in San Diego was focusing on
articles concerning the alien problem. The Illustrated Daily News on
January 26, 1931, stated 'Aliens who are deportable will save themselves
trouble and expense by arranging their departure at once.''" (Alvarez, 5)
The outcome would be an explicit targeting of Mexican and Japanese
citizens,...
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