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Many of the flag-bearers are U.S. citizens — second-, third-, or even fourth-generation Mexican Americans — who are marching not only for themselves but in solidarity with their undocumented ...
White Americans, especially older citizens, tend to be more bothered than Black Americans or Latinos by demonstrators waving Mexican flags – and even US flags – during protests.
Some demonstrators expressed growing frustration with ICE by showcasing the Mexican flag, which has become the defining symbol of the protests in Los Angeles. Research published in 2010 found that ...
As political scientists who specialize in Latino politics and immigration-related issues, we tested how exposure to the Mexican flag versus the American flag shaped opinion about protests during ...
The Mexican flag represents more than nationalistic pride. It represents their parents’ heritage, hard work and their binational experience as Americans engaged in politics.
In a city intimately connected to Mexican lineages and history, where nearly half the population of 4.2 million has some Hispanic heritage, the Virgin and the flag are commonplace symbols ...
As a nonagenarian Army veteran, I do not like to see Mexican flags represented at a peaceful California protest. American grievances are protected by the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights in… ...
Opinion Why we fly the Mexican flag at the L.A. protests What unsettles people isn’t the flag itself; it’s what it reveals about being American.
Supporters and opponents of the Los Angeles protesters see the prominence of the Mexican flag in different contexts.
It’s Flag Day, a day that honors the adoption of the United States flag on June 14, 1777. The original resolution declared the flag would have 13 alternating red and white stripes and a blue ...