A MEXICAN-AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE ON INTERETHNIC COMMUNICATION

In this study a Mexican American perspective on interethnic communication is identified. Two sources of Mexican American narratives are analyzed. Qualitative analyses of descriptions of satisfying and dissatisfying conversations are combined with a critical analysis of Mexican American poetry, resulting in five themes of interethnic communication: worldview, acceptance, negative stereotyping, relational solidarity, and expressiveness. An additional theme, behaving rationally, is identified by the qualitative method but could not be validated by the critical method. The role of these themes in interethnic communication is discussed. © 1990.