In her article, Evelyn Nakano Glenn discusses the settlement of the Southwest United States by Anglo-Americans and the resulting effects on the Mexican people. She goes chronologically, beginning with the early settlement and economic transformation of the Southwest, and going up to the displacement, disenfranchisement, and segregation of Mexicans. Glenn argues that despite all these pressures on the Mexican populace, they still managed to maintain their culture without compromising their status as white. The author begins at the start of the Anglo-American takeover of the Southwest in the 19th century. Naturally, the settlement of whites in Mexican and territories raised questions of land ownership and citizenship. This resulted in the Treaty