Hispanic Americans: Racial Tolerance by 1992

Question 1

Economic Status

Progress: 1980-92

Answer 1

College education increased by a third 1970-90
Growing middle class, affirmative action
Average income rose: $10,524 (1975) to $28,822 (1992)

Question 2

Economic Status

Setbacks: 1980-92

Answer 2

One quarter below poverty line

Question 3

Legal Status

Progress: 1980-92

Answer 3

Well-represented in police force

Question 4

Legal Status

Setbacks: 1980-92

Answer 4

1992, Florida
Police stopped disproportionate number of black and Hispanic Americans on highway
5% of those on road, 70% of those stopped

Question 5

Political Status

Progress: 1980-92

Answer 5

Called** ‘Hispanic Decade’** - increased number + politicisation
League of United Latin American Citizens and Mexican American Legal Defence and Educational Fund more effective in lobbying - Immigration Reform Control Act (1986) more sympathetic to undocumented immigrants
First Hispanic cabinet member in 1988 (Reagan)

Question 6

Social Status

Progress: 1980-92

Answer 6

1989 LA School Board agreed to bilingual education

Question 7

Social Status

Setbacks: 1980-92

Answer 7

1986 - California voters expressed decreased tolerance in approving Proposition 63 (English is official language)
White opposition to integration, Hispanic Americans in mostly minority schools rose from 55% to 74% (1968 - 1995)