Abstract:acknowledgMenTs Mexican segregaTion was not something that I learned about in my kindergarten through twelfth-grade classrooms; I learned about this history at home, from stories that my mom and her s...acknowledgMenTs Mexican segregaTion was not something that I learned about in my kindergarten through twelfth-grade classrooms; I learned about this history at home, from stories that my mom and her sisters recounted to me, my siblings, and my cousins as we were growing up.As a young adult, I realized how fortunate I was to have been reared in a family of storytellers because it provided me a history, indeed, a historical ethnography that I might not have otherwise known existed.I'm grateful for the first road trip that I took with my mom to her hometown of La Feria, Texas, where I was able to map these stories of the past onto a place and begin an intellectual journey that has been both personally affective and academically rewarding.This book would not have been possible without at least two generations of generous Mexican-origin people from La Feria, who graciously shared their memories, their recollections, their photographs, and their interpretations of the past with me over the last decade.I have been amazed at people's astute recollections of events that occurred sometimes seventy years prior.Interviewing them and listening to hours of their stories was one of the best and most eye-opening parts of my educational journey thus far.I am so grateful to them all.In addition to my interviewees in La Feria, I would like to thank those people in the community who became my friends and supporters throughout my research process.Gloria Casas; JoAnn Mireles; the Loya family, especially Gloria, Anna Lisa, and Leti; the Chapa family; and Janie Betancourt made me feel like I had a home in La Feria during the year that I lived there and for many years afterward.Amparo Verduzco championed my project and enabled me to meet many people of her generation over the years.Carlos Cantú and Reyes Rodriguez likewise helped to facilitate my research and offered thoughtful answers to my questions about the history of the town's racial dynamics.Cristina Ballí and Celeste de LunaRead More