Accusations in the 1930s thrown at Mexicans and Mexican Americans included the same discriminatory language used against other immigrant groups in American history, including the Irish in the 19th century. What distinguishes Mexicans from other groups is that ________.
1) Mexicans have been accepted in the last few decades by White Americans, so that accusations of criminality have altogether ceased.
2) All the accusations are true such false accusations have persisted since the 19th century, vilifying Mexican immigrants, and Mexican Americans/Chicanos, up to the present day.