5. Whiter is Better: Discrimination in Everyday Life

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dc.contributor.authorVasquez-Tokos, Jessica
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-05T22:11:05Z
dc.date.available2025-02-05T22:11:05Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description36 pages. From the book "Mexican Americans Across Generations."
dc.description.abstractRuben 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.
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5948-4244
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814788431.003.0009
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/30395
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNew York University Press
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY-NC-SA
dc.subjectMexico
dc.subjectdiscrimination
dc.subjectwhite
dc.subjectHispanic
dc.subjectnames
dc.subjectaccess
dc.title5. Whiter is Better: Discrimination in Everyday Life
dc.typeBook chapter

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