Vasquez-Tokos, Jessica2025-02-052025-02-052011https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814788431.003.0009https://hdl.handle.net/1794/3039536 pages. From the book "Mexican Americans Across Generations."Ruben and Adele Mendoza are a married second-generation couple who are both light skinned and have a Hispanic surname. They tell me a powerful tale about how their Spanish-sounding name—Mendoza as a “giveaway” last name—restricted their access to housing when they were newlyweds.en-USCreative Commons BY-NC-SAMexicodiscriminationwhiteHispanicnamesaccessBook chapterhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5948-4244