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Readings for session # 6 by Luis M. Camacho

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Readings for session # 6 by Luis M. Camacho

This session described different points of view that intersect at the same point, a group of people feeling in control to decide who is or who is not white enough to be considered an American citizen. This topic is very useful in my class to explain the difficulties for inclusion for Asians as a different group of people since back of early XX century. Since then, a small group of people has been trying to regulate, select and control immigrant communities to be or not qualified to become American citizens classifying them based in the color of the skin and stereotypes. As same as Asians, Irish, Italian, Latino, and recently African refugee communities, all of them have been suffering the same kind of segregation. This is noticeable in some of our schools nowadays.  We are lucky to live in such an amazing and progressive state as California. Personally, I consider this topic essential for my students because for us, living in Los Angeles, this knowledge is something that we can acquire in the classroom and apply immediately in our daily life.