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May 1, 2025 45 mins
Because of the movie Sinners, there has been a lot of talk about why Mexicans were not in Mississippi in 1932. With many blaming Mexican repatriation, which took place from 1929 to 1939. But it seems the truth is more complicated than that.

Cristina tells Carmen about the brief history of Mexicans in the Mississippi.

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Sources
https://daily.jstor.org/jim-crow-affected-mexican-immigrants-too/
https://www.axios.com/2022/02/24/tamales-blues-latino-links-american-black-south
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.5149/9781469624976_weise.5.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3Aeea05938c570713b8d1b39c47033e1e1&ab_segments=&initiator=&acceptTC=1
Different from That Which Is Intended for the Colored Race: Mexicans and Mexico in Jim Crow Mississippi, 1918–1939 Book Title: Corazón de Dixie Book Subtitle: Mexicanos in the U.S. South since 1910 Book Author(s): JULIE M. WEISE Published by: University of North Carolina Press. (2015)
https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/mexicans-and-mexican-americans-mississippi-delta/
https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/jackson-county/article254921792.html#amp_ct=1745534488450&_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17455342513681&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=
https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sunherald.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fcounties%2Fjackson-county%2Farticle254921792.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Repatriation
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