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Stereotypes of Mexican Descent Persons

Attitudes of Three Generations of Mexican Americans and Anglo-American Adolescents

Pomona College

Richard Vasquez

Pitzer College

Three generations of Mexican American adolescents and Anglo Americans rated persons of Mexican descent living in the United States in terms of both positive and negative stereotypes. In general, Anglo American subjects held significantly less favorable stereotypes of Mexican descent persons than any of the three Mexican American groups. However, a significant linear trend for both positive and negative group stereotypes indicated that with each successive generation (first through third), the stereotypes of Mexican Americans approached the less favorable image held by Anglo Americans. Results are discussed in terms of a two-dimensional model that includes the dual effects of Anglo American prejudice and the degree to which Mexican Americans retain an identification with their traditional culture.

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 13, No. 1, 59-70 (1982)
DOI: 10.1177/0022022182131006


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