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A Different Mirror is just that a way for the majority culture to see itself. Without placing blame or guilt; Takaki discusses, the Mexican American group whose role in history have deeply affected the American experience. This is not to deny the validity of the experiences of this ethnic group. Taking members of the majority culture uncomfortable is part of what makes; A different mirror effective. We need to be honest about our past so that we can ensure that our future as a multiethnic society makes it possible for all groups to be acknowledged and to contribute to the whole of who America. I recall a part in the Lone Star movie in which the owner of the restaurant refuse to recognized her past (she came to United Stated, by crossing the river like many Mexican, and also she tries constantly to enforced the English) She was upset to her own people calling them wet back and making remarks about them been the same. She likes many Hispanic as soon they become part of the United State system wants to forget their roots, or don't want their kids to be proud of where they come form. .
Finally, we come to Learning Capitalist Culture Deep in the Heart of Tejas. Foley's discussion is by far the most complicated of the three, in two ways: 1) his brings in much more social theory, and 2) the situation that he writes about is quite complex. He is trying to associate capitalism, culture, ethnicity, and social class in a modern community. There are several different varieties of political economy theory, but they all share two assumptions about society: First, they assume that the economy "the way that people use resources to make a living "is the main source of social process. Other aspects of culture and social relations are connected to the economy in direct and indirect ways and may influence the development of the economy; but the economy is the main engine of history.