Whiteness on the Border Sara Foster Media Literacy shows you how:

Media Literacy shows you how: Drawing from thousands of media research studies

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Whiteness on the Border Sara Foster Media Literacy shows you how:The many lenses of racism through which the white imagination sees Mexicans and Chicanos Historically, ideas of whiteness and Americanness have been built on the backs of racialized communities. The legacy of anti Mexican stereotypes stretches back to the early nineteenth century when Anglo American settlers first came into regular contact with Mexico and Mexicans. The images of the Mexican Other as lawless, exotic, or non industrious continue to