The forgotten era of Punjabi-Mexicans
The forgotten era of Punjabi-Mexicans
- January 13, 2016
- Karen Leonard, anthropology professor emeritus, is quoted by OZY and Yahoo! News Jan. 13, 2016
From OZY:
“The Punjabi men wanted housekeepers, children and sex,” says Karen Leonard, an anthropologist
at the University of California, Irvine. But it wasn’t an easy merging of ethnicities,
she adds, noting how it was seen as “Punjabi bosses ripping the pretty women away.”
Angry Latino men fought with their wannabe brothers-in-law and sometimes took women
back by force. Laws forbidding interracial marriage made getting marriage certificates
difficult – unless the men and women simply listed their ethnicities as “brown,” thereby
skirting the legislative constraints.
For the full story, please visit http://www.ozy.com/flashback/the-forgotten-era-of-punjabi-mexicans/65005.
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