Lyn Jensen’s Reviews > The Fragmented Metropolis: Los Angeles, 1850-1930 (Volume 3) > Status Update

P. 203: "In response to the disintegration of their communities and cultures, the ethnic minorities also adopted the racism, nativism, and conservatism of the white majority that so effectively excluded them. The Mexicans attempted to dissociate themselves from los tintos, the Negros insisted that the Japanese be treated as foreigners, and the Japanese contrasted their enterprise with the Mexicans' backwardness."

P. 203: "In response to the disintegration of their communities and cultures, the ethnic minorities also adopted the racism, nativism, and conservatism of the white majority that so effectively excluded them. The Mexicans attempted to dissociate themselves from los tintos, the Negros insisted that the Japanese be treated as foreigners, and the Japanese contrasted their enterprise with the Mexicans' backwardness."