THE BEGINNING OF MEXICAN DISCRIMINATION

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When I first saw this picture, I immediately thought of the history of my own country. I'm a German and during World War 2 the same thing happened here with Jews. Jews were excluded from the society, they had to live in ghettos and were not allowed in many stores.

Basically the exact same thing happened in Amerika with Mexicans. During my research about the topic of Mexican immigrants, I stumbled across the word "Anti-Mexican sentiment" which seems to be pretty common in the US.

“Anti-Mexican sentiment is an attitude towards people of Mexican descent, Mexican culture and/or accents of Mexican Spanish most commonly found in the United States.”  

But to truly understand the topic of this anti-immigration sentiment, it is first necessary to get to know the history of Mexicans in America.
The story of Latin-American discrimination roughly begins in 1848, when the United States won the Mexican-American War. Mexico lost one-third of its territory, including what is today California, Texas, and other southwest states.

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The Mexican American War mainly grew out of unresolved border disputes between Texas and Mexico.

Texas had been a state of the country of Mexico since 1821 when Mexico gained its independence from Spain. The Texans, however, began to disagree with the government of Mexico. In 1836, they declared their independence from Mexico and finally gained it after fighting several battles. In 1845, Texas joined the United States as the 28th state, despite the displease of Mexico which caused additionally to the boarder disputes the war.

It ended in 1848 with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. This treaty granted 55% of Mexican territory to the United States. 

The Mexicans who decided to stay in what was now U.S. territory were granted citizenship and the country gained a considerable Mexican-American population.

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