Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric Apr 2009 Open Access

Disrupting Discourse: Introducing Mexicano Immigrant Success Stories

Octavio Pimentel

Abstract

The goal of this article is to disrupt and challenge the negative discourses often associated with Mexican immigrants by introducing Mexicano concepts of success, including buena gente, buen trabajador, and bien educado. These concepts emerged within a Mexicano immigrant community in California that I have been a part of for more than ten years. In collecting data for this project, I conducted a qualitative study, using ethnographic methods, over a two-year period. This article focuses on two individuals: Luis and Armando.

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Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
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2009-04-01
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10.59236/rjv8i2pp171-196
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