| A | B |
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| Anglo | A term used to mean all non-Hispanics, but primarily Whites. |
| bilingual education | A program designed to allow students to learn academic concepts in their native language while they learn a second language. |
| bilingualism | The use of two or more languages in places of work or education and the treatment of each language as legitimate. |
| borderlands | The area of a common culture along the border between Mexico and the United States. |
| brain drain | Immigration to the United States of skilled workers, professionals, and technicians who are desperately needed by their home countries. |
| Cisneros v. Corpus Christi Independent School District | A case in which it was ruled that the de jure segregation of Mexican Americans was unconstitutional. |
| color gradient | The placement of people on a continuum from light to dark skin color rather than in distinct racial groupings by skin color. |
| English immersion | Teaching in English by teachers who know the students' native language, but use it only when students do not understand the lessons. |
| ESL | Programs that have been the cornerstone of bilingual education, but limited in approach. |
| freedom flotilla | Cuban refugee members |
| maquiladoras | Foreign-owned companies on the Mexican side of the border with the United States. |
| Marielitos | People who arrived from Cuba in the third wave of Cuban immigration, most specifically those forcibly deported by way of Mariel Harbor. The term is generally reserved for those refugees seen as especially undesirable. |
| migradollars | The money that immigrant workers send back to families in their native societies. |
| panethnicity | The development of solidarity among ethnic subgroups as reflected in the terms "Hispanic" or "Asian American." |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | A provision between the United States and Mexico that guaranteed the right of Mexicans to maintain their culture. |
