Mexifornia

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Mexifornia (also Calexico or Califaztln) is a Portmanteau and Neologism of Mexico
and California, which refers to what some see as the Mexicanization/Hispaniciza
tion of the U.S. state of California as a result of increased legal and especial
ly illegal migration of Mexican and other Hispanic people into California and th
e transformation of many aspects of the culture of the state.
Mexifornia is seen as a state level version of what is now known as Amexica, the
merging of America and Mexico;
"The United States of Amexica share more than a border and a common heritage:
both sides welcome the benefits of trade but struggle with the pressures of grow
th". Time magazine.[1]
This is a topic of a heated debate between the advocates of amnesty for illegal
immigrants on one side and those wishing to enforce immigration laws on the othe
r side.
See also
Anti-Mexican sentiment
Chicano
Chicano Movement
Chicano nationalism
Immigration to the United States
La Raza
Reconquista (Mexico)
References
^ A Country of 24 Million. Time magazine, vol. 157, no. 23, p. 46, June 11, 20
01.
^ Mexifornia: A State of Becoming by Victor Davis Hanson ISBN 1-893554-73-2
^ Mexifornia: A State of Confusion a Commentary by Walter A. Ewing, Ph.D
^ MacLachlan, Colin M.; Jaime E. Rodriguez O. (1980). The Forging of the Cos
mic Race: A Reinterpretation of Colonial Mexico. Berkeley: University of Califor
nia Press. ISBN 0-520-04280-8.
External links
Booknotes interview with Victor Davis Hanson on Mexifornia: A State of Becom
ing, September 28, 2003.
Categories:
California culture
Mexican culture
Words coined in the 1990s
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