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Written assignment 9
Politics of the US-Mexico Border
Prof. Gilbert Garcia
Central Washington University
03/07/2023
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The Hispanic population of the south is increasing rapidly, bringing with it cultural and social
changes ( Margolies 2009, 114). Growth has been greatest in North Carolina ( Margolies 2009,
116). The author contrasts traditional white " old time" music featuring fiddles and banjos with a
Mexican Independents Day music festival held in 2007 in the same location, drawing thousands
of attendees. ( Margolies 2009, 115). When Mexican-style music first began in the new South, it
was advertised only in Mexican stores and in Spanish language (
Margolies 2009, 118). The
author notes that music can exemplify
"
challenging existing traditions as well as nurturing an
entirely new hybrid cultural forms
" (Margolies 2009, 115).
We see how Rey Norteños's song
Raleigh Norte Carolina, the unique identity formed by those of Mexican descent who live in the
border region. The song depicts both a yearning to return and d a love for the place one is now
designed to mirror the general immigrants' experience. (Margolies 2009, 118-119). Traveling
mariachi bands help bridge the Mexican and American cultures as bands generally play a limited
repertoire of songs they know the predominantly white restraint clientele will enjoy (Margolies
2009, 121). Although many musicians are expanding into playing American music as
wellMariachi bands provide a unique type of Mexican identity in the New South. For those of
Mexican descent living in the border region, there can be a sense of adopted identity with
Mexican and American ideals not predominant ( Margolies 2009, 122). This exemplifies the
uniqueness of the New South. From this, we can conclude that the New South is currently a
coexistence borderland progressing towards interdependent borderlands. There is regular contact,
and a symbiotic relationship is beginning to form in exchange of musical traditions. Additionally,
it is in the borderlands era because people interact without substantial national attention. Finally,
the new South is transitioning from an outer borderland to an intermediate borderland because it
always feels the effects, not just in specific circumstances. ( W16POSC343Borders&Border
Regions(3)-2.pptx).
2.
Like in the Southwest, Mexican immigrants and those of Mexican descent were on the lowest
rungs of the Socioeconomic ladder. ( Valdes 1989, 4). There was less Intermingling with Latinos
having distinct areas of residence separate from Whites in the southwest; this occurred less in the
midwest.. similarly racism was more common, and conditions worse in the Midwest. (
Valdes
1989 5- 8 This was the period of alienated borderland (W16POSC343Borders&Border
Regions(3)-2.pptx). The great depression pushed many immigrants to leave the Midwest
(
Valdes 1989, 11-14). In the post-depression era, the flow in erased with immigrants coming
from Texas ( Valdes 1989 16). Beginning in the 1980s, the Chicano movement began and spread
in the Midwest. (
Valdes 1989, 18). This is the period of coexistence borderlands transitioning
into Interdependence borderlands. (W16POSC343Borders&Border Regions(3)-2.pptx
).
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References
Margolies, Daniel S. 2009." Latino Migrant Music
and Identity in the Borderlands of the New
South." The Journal of American Culture vol 32 number 2.
Wiley Periodicals Inc.
Valdes, Dennis N.
1989. " The New Northern Borderlands: An Overview Of Midwestern
Chicano History" perspectives in Mexican American Studies vol 2. The University of Arizona,
Tucson.
W16POSC343Borders&Border Regions(3)-2.pptx