Montejano in his article, “Anglos and Mexicans in the first century,” describes the repercussions of America’s deteriorating space in the entrepreneurial global-system for the newly accomplished public accommodation between Chicano intermediate class representatives and the Anglo trade in the Southwest (Montejano 2). Montejano further explores the issue of ethnic relations in the United States and views it as the primary cause of economic stagnation in the nation (4).He argues that the contemporary racial condition is characterized by political integration which he describes as the giving way of operational nationality to the Mexican American (5). In addition, the author discusses the gradual end of racial discrimination in Southwest region on the eve of the Second World War. This demise of segregation abruptly disrupted the labor practices and ethnic complexity in the Southwest (7). Despite the upset, the Mexican-American supporters in the metropolitan areas and the countryside localities worked separately, whereby the rural dwellers were marked out as second-class people. Montejano, in response to this historical occurrence, emphasizes that the future of American economy will depend entirely on how the states respond to the issue of racial relations. According to him, for the global economic system to transform, there is the need for all nations to work together without racial discrimination, since continued ethnic estrangement will keep on deteriorating the American economy and of the whole world as well (20).
Zinn, in his article “A People’s History of the United States, 1492-Present,” on the other hand, connects the deep-rooted issue of racism in the US to the anticipated revolution of the international economy. He portrays his possible opinions to Montejano’s point of argument by use of rhetorical questions (Drawing the Color Line. Par. 2). The most splendid approach to terminate the unending problem of “the color line” is first by figuring out how it starts. Presumably, according to Zinn, racial discrimination and abhorrence between the Native Americans and the African-Americans can only be ended if the main causes are known and solved. Further, after comprehending the beginning point of ethnic prejudice, appropriate procedures destined to culminate the vice entirely can be advocated for. Seemingly, conferring bout Zinn’s point of view, slavery of the Blacks in the United States could not guarantee the nation any economic power. Instead, the practice stagnated it even more. In other words, to realize a change in the economic system, countries should remain organized to preserve the opportunities attained after the end of Second World War (Montejano 20). Another reasonable opinion of Zinn on the issue of economy deterioration is the establishment of nation’s policies in the constitution which hampers equality and independence (A Kind of Revolution Par.66). These laws give rise to the iniquities of social classes and constitutional power of wealth. Societal classes take place when there is a vast gap between the poor and the rich in the American society. Likewise, political authority over public property broadens the gap further while at the same time contributing to the unequal distribution of resources among states. Similarly, some countries establish constitutional laws which lead to social differences amongst the citizens and subsequently among other nations. In a nutshell, for a country to have economic autonomy and be on the same page with other sovereignties, it needs to consider the rules and regulations governing the land and ensure that they favor all and sundry. Summarily, in order to revolutionize the global economic system, there is need to turn away from ethnic discrimination and establish constitutional laws which will not bring about divisions in social classes (Felice, & William 157).
Works cited
Felice, William F. The Global New Deal: Economic and Social Human Rights in World Politics. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010. Print.
Montejano D. Anglos and Mexicans in the Twenty-first Century. The University of Texas at Austin, August 1992.Print.
Zinn H. A People’s History of the United States 1492-Present.
