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countries. This paper considers whether the group colonized or immigrated to the United States, if it faced prejudice, segregation, racism or a combination of these attitudes, and what other forms
of discrimination may have affected the group. Discussion People coming to the U.S. from the south are almost all immigrants. Spain had established an empire in the Americas in the
16th century, but their power waned and in 1836, Texas won its independence from Mexico (Faragher et al, 2000). The Mexicans who were living in Texas were given the choice
of going home or remaining in the new state; almost all of them decided to stay (Faragher et al, 2000). That in itself gives Mexico a special relationship with the
United States, but unfortunately it tends to get lost in the rhetoric and anger that is often expressed about immigrants. Mexicans then are in the position of being both colonizers
in a sense, and immigrants. People coming from further south (El Salvador, Nicaragua and so on) are immigrants. But the largest group by far comes from Mexico. Latinos faced prejudice,
racism and segregation: they are discriminated against in the workplace, both in hiring and in the treatment they experience there; in addition, Latinos are "least respected, offered worst services and
lack affordable housing" (Racial discrimination and Hispanics in the United States). They are also forced to pay higher interest rates than whites on loans, and often lack health insurance (Racial
discrimination and Hispanics in the United States). Latinos also experience segregation. First of all, the vast majority are located in only three states: California, Illinois and Texas (Suarez-Orozco and P?ez,
2008). This segregation is a sort of self-perpetuating situation, in which being segregated makes it less likely that Latinos will interact with whites, which means that the segregation will continue
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