| Abstrakt: |
Mexican American women are a substantial portion of those receiving public assistance in San Antonio, Texas. As such, they will be among the first recipients to be cut from the welfare rolls. Although this is a trail blazing social experiment, a review of the past 30 years of welfare reforms reveals that Mexican American women's experience with welfare-work choices, which are at the heart of the welfare debate, have received little attention. While issues of race and racism in the experience of African American women are evident in this history, this article shows that the experiences of Mexican American women, including the effects of discrimination again them, have not yet been adequately portrayed in the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
